It is the intestinal evacuation of loose and liquid stools, it is known as the inability of the body to not absorb food, causing a stomach decompensation, one of the characteristics of diarrhea is its frequency, which can last more than 4 days, going from acute a chronic, expelling in each evacuation food that has not been processed by the intestines, may also have blood or pus.
Its causes are variable, poor digestion of food eaten in poor condition, causing food poisoning, by a virus or bacteria causing a variety of infections, children being the most affected, as well as stress, anxiety and some diseases; even some drugs whose contraindications is that they produce side effects.
The symptoms range from increased stool to become fully liquid, the frequent need to go to the bathroom, the severe pain, fever, vomiting, presenting acute dehydration from loss of fluids in the body. You can diagnose what type you have, by a stool laboratory test to be able to locate if there are parasites, and what type of bacteria or infection you suffer from, if it is very chronic, more intense tests should be done to detect a possible disease, such as of Crohn's, which affects inflaming from the digestive tract to the small and large intestines, and determining the causes and severity of the affectation that suffers.
The treatment varies if it is mild with abundant fluids, some antibiotics and a low-fat diet, without requiring hospitalization, even more if it is very serious or severe, to avoid dehydration or if there are already symptoms of this, it is better to treat the patient under constant medical surveillance, that is, it requires hospitalization, this being the best option to be able to apply the treatment through the vein, since they would be exact medications for the major cause according to the type of diarrhea presented, it is not something that is contagious, but very important to take precautions, take care of personal hygiene, the type of water to drink, wash food and cook it well, if we already have the affectation; The basic rules of hygiene are very important and if you are traveling, be careful with what you eat or drink.
