Food poisoning: effective treatments

Video: Food poisoning: effective treatments

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Probably, there is no such person who has not faced food poisoning and accompanying diarrhea in his life. Suddenly onset sharp pains in the abdomen, diarrhea, sometimes vomiting and general weakness suggest that we “have eaten something wrong” …

Very often, this extremely unsympathetic disease occurs in travelers when they eat food that is unusual for the body. For example, the famous Russian TV journalist, zoologist, author and host of many TV programs Timofey Bazhenov travels a lot and sometimes faces the same problems as all other tourists. Once the following incident happened to him:

“We were with a group on the set of a TV show in Latin America. And in a local restaurant they decided to eat crabs …

Either the cooks did not clean them too thoroughly, or they did not boil them well, but the whole group had severe food poisoning. Diarrhea, loss of energy, cramps in the stomach, nausea … The classic picture of poisoning!

After the diarrhea, we were so weak that it was hard even to raise an arm, let alone continue filming. The doctors said that this weakness is clear evidence that the body is dehydrated. As a result, the filming of the program had to be postponed until our full recovery, since the whole group just lay in bed for a couple of days.

And those 2 days that we planned for rest at the end of the trip had to be spent on work. It's a shame!"

Yes, if such a story happens during vacation, and out of two weeks allotted for rest, 2-3 days will have to lie in the room … It's even scary to imagine!

Diarrhea really always appears at the wrong time, it can ruin the most ambitious plans and incapacitate us for several days. How does it manifest itself and how to deal with it?

We will tell you about this now.

Symptoms and effects of diarrhea

In the first place among the causes of diarrhea is food poisoning. It usually occurs due to improper storage of food, unwashed hands and the use of dirty unboiled water.

How does diarrhea manifest itself?

Symptoms:

- Sharp abdominal pain

- Frequent loose stools

- Nausea

- Vomit

Sometimes there are febrile symptoms - fever, convulsions, chills

Often, several symptoms are observed at once, and all this is accompanied by a deterioration in well-being and a weakening of the body as a whole.

Attention! If you have these symptoms and an adult's diarrhea lasts more than 3 days, you need to see a doctor immediately

However, few people think that weakness after diarrhea is primarily a consequence of dehydration. This is due to the fact that a person loses a lot of fluids with diarrhea. And along with it, vital salts such as sodium and potassium, which usually retain fluid in the body, are excreted.

The loss of fluid can be explained by the fact that the volume of blood in the body decreases. As a result of dehydration, the blood thickens, and the heart has to work twice as hard to pump it. As a result, there is a breakdown, dizziness, a drop in blood pressure, but the worst thing is that there is a risk of blood clots!

Also, with dehydration, general weakness invariably occurs. And if you are on vacation at this moment, you risk losing your life for 2-3 days: not visiting the planned attractions, not going with your child to the promised water park, not taking breathtaking pictures against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower … It's a very offensive situation!

First aid for dehydration

What to do if you are still faced with dehydration with diarrhea? In addition to taking medication for the diarrhea itself, you need to consider how to treat the dehydration. After all, diarrhea is the cause, and the consequences in the form of dehydration are no less terrible for the human body.

For this, WHO (World Health Organization) recommends the use of special products containing a balanced composition of salts and glucose. After all, if you drink only ordinary water without the addition of salts and glucose, then the body will not be able to "hold" it. From this, diarrhea can only worsen and thereby cause further dehydration due to the loss of potassium, sodium and water molecules from the blood.

WHO has done a lot of research and developed recommendations for the composition of a solution containing salt and glucose. Their action is aimed at restoring the body's water-salt balance. Such a remedy quickly saturates the body with sodium, potassium and glucose, which avoids the consequences of dehydration. This solution has saved many dehydrated people!

Alvogen has adopted the WHO recommendations and developed the O. P. C Alvogen First Aid. A refreshing lemon-flavored effervescent tablet designed to effectively treat dehydration.

By the way, during long trips and travels, such a tool is an important component of a traveler's first aid kit. For example, here is what the same Timofey Bazhenov says about this drug:

“I travel a lot to shoot new reports for my programs. I often have to taste dishes from different cuisines of the world while traveling. To avoid dehydration from food ailments, I always have an ORS on hand."

So, if you follow our simple tips, you can surely be able to cope with dehydration faster. Continue to be more careful with food and do not forget about the rules of hygiene.