Dr. Wei, hello.
I ate malatang the night before yesterday and felt uncomfortable after eating it. I had diarrhea after returning home that day. I ran to the toilet three or four times a night and did not pull it. I thought I was fine. As a result, I had diarrhea again at noon and afternoon yesterday and did not pull it after pulling twice.
I would like to ask, am I suffering from food poisoning now? Do you want some norfloxacin? In fact, I seldom take medicine at ordinary times, but when I was a child, my family often prepared this medicine, saying it was for diarrhea.
Some friends recommend me to eat lactic acid bacteria. Is this useful and can I eat it? Thank you
Chief Physician of Clove Clinic
Hello.
Most acute diarrhea is caused by viruses [infectious diarrhea], but in fact, most of the time it has nothing to do with specific food.
In general, the sanitary environment of barbecue, malatang and other shops is not particularly good. When eating, it is easy to come into contact with things with pathogens (such as tableware, other people’s hands, stools, tables, etc.). The infection does not lie in the food itself.
If it is really caused by food itself [toxic diarrhea], it is generally very serious.
However, no matter whether the pathogen is what, since your diarrhea symptoms have improved, there is not much need to take medicine now.
Norfloxacin, in particular, is an antibiotic in itself and cannot be eaten indiscriminately. Even if it is eaten incorrectly occasionally, it may destroy the harmony of flora in the intestinal tract. In addition, the side effects of antibacterial drugs can easily aggravate diarrhea.
As for probiotic preparations, the therapeutic effect of adult diarrhea is not clear and is only recommended for children’s diarrhea.
After diarrhea occurs, besides always running to the toilet makes people uncomfortable, the loss of water and salt in the body is also relatively serious. In the early stage, you can eat some starchy cooked food containing salt, such as salty porridge. If you can’t eat it, you can eat less at a time and eat it several times.
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