Summer Long, Diarrhea Inflamed

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THAN upper respiratory tract infection, a disease that will increase throughout the dry season is diarrhea. Therefore, beware of eating places that are not clean.

The dry season water constraints pose a problem that limits us to use it. Secondary problems arise because of environment tend to be dirty with dust and smoke is rampant.

Conditions dirty environment becomes a place convenient for the development of flies, food and beverages also be easily contaminated. If this condition occurs, then it will increase the incidence of diarrhea.

"As a precautionary measure diarrhea, society must be very clever to choose foods and beverages. We must pay attention surrounding environmental conditions where food and beverages, whether or not commonly found flies, "e xplains Dr. Dr. Ari F-KGEH SpPD Sham, MMB, FINASIM, FACP of Biomedical Sciences University of Indonesia in a release on Wednesday (14 / 9 / 2011).

"The number of flies, cockroaches and even at one place is a sign that the food and beverages will we eat is already polluted," he added.

When you've got diarrhea

If you have diarrhea, then that should be prevented is a patient falls into a state of lack of fluids and electrolytes. Lack of fluids and electrolytes if undetected and untreated will lead to further complications, such as impaired renal function to cause death.

"Fluids that contain electrolytes such as oral rehydration salts should be given and adjusted by the number or the number of liquid feces that comes out. If the condition is quite severe dehydration or patients could not drink due to nausea and vomiting, the need of hospital care in order to get intravenous fluids, "he continued.

He added that the drugs were given antidiarrheal drug to stop the diarrhea, ie, antibiotics to kill the germs that cause diarrhea. However, not all diarrhea occurs because of infection. That is why, not all need an antibiotic diarrhea.

Other drugs sometimes necessary to reduce the additional symptoms, eg in case of fever, then given a febrifuge, if nausea to vomiting can be given drugs antimuntah, or if there is heartburn sometimes given anti-seizure medication intestine (antispasmodic). That must be considered, antidiarrheal drugs should be given to the wise if continued should immediately seek medical help.

"Studies in the community indicate that the limited clean water is one of the main factors increasing the incidence of diarrhea. Therefore, an increase in diarrhea cases should be anticipated, especially by the health center, especially in areas where people have clean water crisis, "he said.

(FTR)