Possible Causes of Diarrhea:
- Anxiety, stress and anxiety, many people respond with excitement as before an exam or a presentation with diarrhea. Also, fear , such as before a flight , or stress in the family or at work can upset the gut.
- Certain medications: antibiotics , antacids, diuretics, cytostatics, and means for weight loss can cause diarrhea. Many antibiotics disrupt the normal bacterial colonization in the intestine. The intestinal symptoms sound but usually after the end of antibiotic treatment. In addition, diarrhea often occurs during chemotherapy because the cytotoxic attack the sensitive cells in the intestinal mucosa. In these cases, you should consult with your doctor.
- Coli: They cause diarrhea mostly in the summer, when tainted food or contaminated drinking water are consumed.
- Food poisoning: Tainted food can cause severe diarrhea. Cause are usually toxins from bacteria. The first symptoms occur within six hours after consumption. Other symptoms such as vomiting, nausea and cramps can be added. Pay for food on the expiry date and cook meat and fish in doubt, good.
- Parasites: Parasites such as worms or single-celled organisms (protozoa) can also cause diarrhea. The amoebic dysentery example, is a protozoal, which is associated with watery or bloody diarrhea and fever.
- Travelers' diarrhea: diarrhea while traveling can have different triggers. You can protect yourself by only drinks from industrially-filled bottles and cans eat. Do it without any ice. You should eat only cooked or fried food and (even) peeled fruit.Do not use salad and ice cream. Also, the consumption of small amounts reduces the risk of disease, because the stomach acid is less diluted and thus better able to kill germs.
- Irritable bowel syndrome: an irritable bowel or intestine is a nervous symptoms such as diarrhea, flatulence, bloating, abdominal cramps and constipation associated with. The symptoms occur in alternation, with no specific cause is known.
- Inflammatory bowel disease: the case of chronic intestinal inflammation such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, diarrhea is a major symptom.
- Typhoid, paratyphoid, cholera -, dysentery organisms: In Europe, such infections usually not available. They are often introduced by long-distance travel. Triggers are certain bacteria in all four diseases. The agent for typhoidand paratyphoid belong to the family of Salmonella.
- Excessive alcohol consumption
- Excessive eating of dietary sugars such as sorbitol or mannitol: We find this sweetener in sugarless chewing gum and other sugar-free candies.