Autumn is approaching, and various pathogens are active. If personal hygiene is not observed during this time, it can easily lead to a large number of bacteria multiplying in the human intestine, causing diarrhea. Among patients with diarrhea, more than 30% are caused by indiscriminate eating.
Drinking hot and cold beverages together stimulates the stomach and intestines, causing diarrhea. Many children like to eat hot food with ice cream, and some children like to drink hot soup while eating cold drinks. Unknowingly, the sudden change in food temperature can cause varying degrees of damage to the gastrointestinal mucosa, leading to impaired absorption of food by the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in watery, diarrhea-like stools.
Mixing seafood with fruit can cause diarrhea. Seafood such as fish, shrimp, and algae are rich in protein and calcium. If eaten together with fruits containing tannic acid, such as grapes, pomegranates, hawthorn, and persimmons, not only is the nutritional value of the protein reduced, but the calcium in the seafood is also prone to combine with the tannic acid to form indigestible substances. These substances irritate the stomach and intestines, causing discomfort in the human body. In severe cases, it can lead to gastrointestinal bleeding, while in mild cases, symptoms such as vomiting, dizziness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea may occur. Therefore, it is not advisable to eat fruit immediately after consuming seafood.
Many people use antibiotics as soon as they have diarrhea, which is not only useless for prevention and treatment but can also further damage the body's immune system, making an already weakened body even more fragile. Therefore, except for patients with severe abdominal pain who can use targeted drugs under a doctor's guidance, medication is generally not recommended. For this reason, experts remind everyone that the key to preventing non-bacterial infectious diarrhea is to control diet and identify the causes of improper dietary combinations that cause gastrointestinal absorption disorders.