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What Can Cause Sudden Outbreak Of Diarrhea?
Today I was at Walmart and suddenly I had diarrhea outbreak. I was wondering what caused it. I didnt have pain or no warning..it was as if someone just turned on the faucet. For the past 2 weeks my diet has been salads and cantaloupe and a couple of soy burgers per day. Would eating alot of salads cause this or the cantaloupe? The cantaloupe had been sliced and in containers in the refrigerator. Thank you
Mon, 26 Oct 2015
Hi,
Welcome to health care magic,
This type of loose motions or acute diarrhea could be infective (virus,bacteria, parasite) or dysentery or lactose intolerance or irritable bowel syndrome or due to some allergy etc.
I do not think that eating lots of salads can cause severe outbreaks of loose motions,the reason could be some thing else as i said above.
So,you should go for routine blood count,electrolytes and stool examination with ultrasound abdomen.
Generally, this diarrhea are self limiting and requires no definitive treatment but in case they persists longer then one may need to find out the actual cause.
Treatment is mainly depend on the underlying cause but you may require antibiotics (ofloxacin with metronidazole) if infective, prebiotics and probiotics,antispasmodics, antacids,anti-inflammatories etc.
You should consult your family physician for further advise immediately and take complete treatment.
Regards,
Welcome to health care magic,
This type of loose motions or acute diarrhea could be infective (virus,bacteria, parasite) or dysentery or lactose intolerance or irritable bowel syndrome or due to some allergy etc.
I do not think that eating lots of salads can cause severe outbreaks of loose motions,the reason could be some thing else as i said above.
So,you should go for routine blood count,electrolytes and stool examination with ultrasound abdomen.
Generally, this diarrhea are self limiting and requires no definitive treatment but in case they persists longer then one may need to find out the actual cause.
Treatment is mainly depend on the underlying cause but you may require antibiotics (ofloxacin with metronidazole) if infective, prebiotics and probiotics,antispasmodics, antacids,anti-inflammatories etc.
You should consult your family physician for further advise immediately and take complete treatment.
Regards,
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