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Suggest Remedy For Diarrhea, Lower Abdomen Pain And Gurgling In Stomach
Hi, I have been suffering from diarrhoea for 3 days now accompanied by mild griping pains in my lower abdomen and a very noisy gurgling stomach, though this has seemed to intensify in the last 24 hours. Just had a very bad night through having to run to the bathroom but this eventually settled at about 5am. Just got up and had a drink of water and find myself back on the toilet within a minute! My worry is I am going on holiday next Sunday, due I need to seek medical attention or wait a little longer to see if it solves itself? Thanks
Thu, 31 Jan 2019
Hi,
Noted the history and understood the concerns.
Loose stools to the extent that continues for three days along with pain in lower abdomen, gurgling indiacte that you may have an intestinal infection:
I would suggest you the following in such a situation:
Consult your Doctor for clinical examination and get the appropriate investigations of stool and blood along with an ultrasonography of abdomen may help to get the correct diagnosis.
A course of an antibiotic active against an intestinal infection may be needed.
Take probiotics.
I hope these measures will give you a relief.
All these measures will help you and get fit for the travel.
Take plenty of oral fluids and use only boiled for 20 minutes and cooled water.
Electrolyte solutions to maintain the electrolytes in abdomen.
A course an antibiotic and metronidazole may be needed.
Take an anti-spasmodic for cramps and activated charcoal for gases.
Do not wait longer, consult your Doctor asap for clinical evaluation, examination and correlation with reports to get an appropriate diagnosis and prescription based treatment.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T Chandrakant,
General Surgeon
Noted the history and understood the concerns.
Loose stools to the extent that continues for three days along with pain in lower abdomen, gurgling indiacte that you may have an intestinal infection:
I would suggest you the following in such a situation:
Consult your Doctor for clinical examination and get the appropriate investigations of stool and blood along with an ultrasonography of abdomen may help to get the correct diagnosis.
A course of an antibiotic active against an intestinal infection may be needed.
Take probiotics.
I hope these measures will give you a relief.
All these measures will help you and get fit for the travel.
Take plenty of oral fluids and use only boiled for 20 minutes and cooled water.
Electrolyte solutions to maintain the electrolytes in abdomen.
A course an antibiotic and metronidazole may be needed.
Take an anti-spasmodic for cramps and activated charcoal for gases.
Do not wait longer, consult your Doctor asap for clinical evaluation, examination and correlation with reports to get an appropriate diagnosis and prescription based treatment.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T Chandrakant,
General Surgeon
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