Most cases of diarrhea clear just a few days without treatment. If you've tried the changes in lifestyle and home remedies for diarrhea without success, your doctor may recommend medication or other treatment.
Antibiotics
Antibiotics can help treat diarrhea caused by bacteria or parasites. If a virus is the cause of your diarrhea, antibiotics will not help.
Therapy to replace fluids
Your doctor will probably advise you to take steps to replace fluids and salts lost during diarrhea. For most people this means of replacing fluids to drink water, juice or broth. If fluid intake upset your stomach or cause diarrhea, your doctor may recommend that you get fluids through a vein in your arm (intravenously).
Water is a good way to replace fluids, but it does not contain salts and electrolytes - minerals such as sodium and potassium - you need to maintain the electric currents that keep your heart. Disturbances in body fluids and mineral levels creates an electrolyte imbalance that can be severe. You can help maintain your electrolyte level by drinking fruit juice for potassium or eating soup for sodium.
Establishment of its drugs
If your doctor finds that a drug antibiotic caused diarrhea, your doctor may change the treatment plan for the calculation of the dose or switch to another drug.
Treat underlying conditions
If the diarrhea is due to serious illness or condition, such as inflammatory bowel disease, the doctor works to control this condition. You can refer to a specialist, such as the gastroenterologist, who can help design a treatment plan for you.
Antibiotics
Antibiotics can help treat diarrhea caused by bacteria or parasites. If a virus is the cause of your diarrhea, antibiotics will not help.
Therapy to replace fluids
Your doctor will probably advise you to take steps to replace fluids and salts lost during diarrhea. For most people this means of replacing fluids to drink water, juice or broth. If fluid intake upset your stomach or cause diarrhea, your doctor may recommend that you get fluids through a vein in your arm (intravenously).
Water is a good way to replace fluids, but it does not contain salts and electrolytes - minerals such as sodium and potassium - you need to maintain the electric currents that keep your heart. Disturbances in body fluids and mineral levels creates an electrolyte imbalance that can be severe. You can help maintain your electrolyte level by drinking fruit juice for potassium or eating soup for sodium.
Establishment of its drugs
If your doctor finds that a drug antibiotic caused diarrhea, your doctor may change the treatment plan for the calculation of the dose or switch to another drug.
Treat underlying conditions
If the diarrhea is due to serious illness or condition, such as inflammatory bowel disease, the doctor works to control this condition. You can refer to a specialist, such as the gastroenterologist, who can help design a treatment plan for you.
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