How to treat diarrhea during pregnancy

Diarrhea can also appear in the first trimester, due to sudden changes in your body, due to sudden changes in eating habits due to vitamins for pregnant women, as well as an increased amount of consumed water. All these changes can cause indigestion.

Of course, a woman is exposed to many risks during pregnancy. Physiological changes take place in the body, her immunity is weakened, the hormonal background jumps. Other troubles include such a delicate problem as diarrhea during pregnancy (diarrhea, in other words). It is not necessary to be ashamed of this, it is not worth hushing up. After all, diarrhea can harm an unborn child.

Normal stools are mushy or denser stools that occur no more than twice a day. With diarrhea, the stool is loose. Frequency does not matter here. However, if the stool is dense, but frequent - you need to see a doctor and carefully review your diet - this is not normal.

With diarrhea, stool odor is putrid, sour. Color - brown-green, yellow. Diarrhea is accompanied by rather unpleasant symptoms:

• bloating;
• pains of a spasmodic nature;
• increased gas formation;
• possible temperature rise;
• pale skin.

Diarrhea causes:

• eating disorder;
• the use of low-quality products;
• exacerbation of gastric diseases;
• food poisoning;
• helminths;
• disorders of the nervous system.

Do not be frivolous about diarrhea. Prolonged diarrhea leads to dehydration of the body - this negatively affects the functioning of internal organs. And severe, irreparable dehydration can be fatal. Diarrhea is dangerous and the cause of intoxication, both for the mother and the child. The threat of miscarriage and early childbirth increases, as well as the risk of various fetal malformations. The increased work of the intestines can be the reason for reflex contractions in the uterus, which again threatens miscarriage or premature birth.

Diarrhea treatment

You cannot treat diarrhea during pregnancy on your own! It is necessary to consult a doctor, only he will be able to identify the cause of diarrhea and then prescribe qualified treatment. If diarrhea is caused by a malfunction of the gastrointestinal tract, the doctor will select an individual therapy system that will eliminate the symptoms. If the problem is in the wrong diet, an individual diet is selected. For diarrhea caused by disorders of the nervous system, the doctor will prescribe sedatives and sedatives. For intestinal infection, antibacterial agents are used as directed by the attending physician.

A pregnant woman can also carry out treatment without a drug at home, but only if her condition is stable and does not worsen.

The first rule is to drink plenty of fluids. You shouldn't get too carried away either - you shouldn't forget about edema. Therefore, it is better to coordinate the daily water intake with a doctor. You can drink unsweetened green tea or lightly brewed black tea. Boiled rice is a good remedy for diarrhea. It is better that in finished form it is a little stuck together. Useful compotes and jelly from dried fruits, blueberries.

It is good for diarrhea to eat pears - boiled or baked. Compotes from them are also good. An effective folk remedy is a decoction of viburnum berries with honey. Extracts from the herbs St. John's wort and chamomile are useful. But all these funds are used only if there are no allergic reactions to them. Do not forget about this.

In order to recover from diarrhea, you need to establish a diet. At first, it is recommended to use fresh oatmeal in the water, and three-day low-fat kefir as a fortifying agent. You need to eat like this for several days, gradually returning to foods containing fiber. And as a prevention of diarrhea, expectant mothers should follow the diet and personal hygiene, use healthy and fresh products.

Kolobok.ua recommends that you consult a doctor if you have loose or watery stools more than 3 times during the day. The risk of dehydration cannot be ignored, especially if you are pregnant.