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What Causes Diarrhoea, Nausea And Dizziness?

hey there I have been suffering from diarrhea for just over a week and i am now beginning to feel dizzy and nauseous a short time after eating. I have been living in a room for about 2-3 where mold has been growing which i only recently found, this has now been cleared out in the last day but I m worried it has caused problems to my health. To make matter worse I removed the mold with bleach solutions, so I have been breathing in those fumes for a few hours today. The room has been ventilated now. How can i recover and treat myself to get better?
Mon, 28 Sep 2015
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Hi,
Welcome to health care magic,

Feeling dizziness and nausea with diarrhea is due to loss of liquids and electrolytes after having episodes of diarrhea.

Here in your case it could be due to viral bowel infection or intestinal parasitic infection but needs to be evaluated further as you had diarrhea since 1 week.

I will advise to do following measures apart from antibiotics like norfloxacin and ornidazole or tinnidazole.

1) Maintain well hydrated
2) drink lots of water with oral rehydration salts to replace the lost fluids and salts when having diarrhea
3) take pepto bismol or tasectan to stop diarrhea
4) take oral probiotics to optimize intestinal flora, thus, stopping diarrhea
5) have light meals (yogurt, soups)

In a couple of days, the symptoms will subside with this treatment. If they will continue or get worse within the next 24 hours, should run to ER and have immediate medical assistance.

I also suggest to take your stool sample and send to the lab to get it examined for ova/parasites in order to get specific treatment.

Hope this will help you.

Regards,
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What Causes Diarrhoea, Nausea And Dizziness?

Hi, Welcome to health care magic, Feeling dizziness and nausea with diarrhea is due to loss of liquids and electrolytes after having episodes of diarrhea. Here in your case it could be due to viral bowel infection or intestinal parasitic infection but needs to be evaluated further as you had diarrhea since 1 week. I will advise to do following measures apart from antibiotics like norfloxacin and ornidazole or tinnidazole. 1) Maintain well hydrated 2) drink lots of water with oral rehydration salts to replace the lost fluids and salts when having diarrhea 3) take pepto bismol or tasectan to stop diarrhea 4) take oral probiotics to optimize intestinal flora, thus, stopping diarrhea 5) have light meals (yogurt, soups) In a couple of days, the symptoms will subside with this treatment. If they will continue or get worse within the next 24 hours, should run to ER and have immediate medical assistance. I also suggest to take your stool sample and send to the lab to get it examined for ova/parasites in order to get specific treatment. Hope this will help you. Regards,