Suggest Treatment For Stomach Infection Caused Due To Food Poisoning

Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2015

Question: Me and my wife ate some street food over the weekend and its (possibly) causing diarrhea for both of us since two days. stools are extremely watery. We tried a few home remedies but to no effect.

Answered by Dr. Dr.Ashwin Bhandari (20 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Could be due to food poisoning.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for the query.

From the description of yours, I feel that you and your wife might be suffering with food poisoning as you have a history of consumption of street food in the recent past.

For this, I would suggest you to follow these measures:
1. Consume lots of water(min 2 to 3 lts/day).
2. Take Electral powder or ORS in a glass of water after every episode of loose stool.
3. Have non spicy, non oily, soft and easily digestible food only like curd rice, khichidi, idly without chatni.
4. You require a dose of antibiotics like NORFLOX - TZ. As it is a prescription only drug, you need to consult a doctor for examination and prescription of the drug.

Hope this answers your query. If any further clarifications, will be happy to help you.

Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar