In autumn, various pathogens are active. If personal hygiene is not taken care of during this time, it can easily lead to a large number of bacteria multiplying in the human intestine, causing diarrhea. Among diarrhea patients, more than 30% are caused by indiscriminate eating.
Consuming hot and cold foods together stimulates the gastrointestinal tract, 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.
Mixing seafood with fruit causes 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, it not only reduces the nutritional value of protein but also easily causes the calcium in the seafood to combine with 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 eating seafood.
Many people use antibiotics as soon as they have diarrhea. This is not only useless for prevention and treatment but also further damages the body's immune system, making the already weakened body even more fragile. Therefore, except for patients with severe abdominal pain who can use targeted drugs under the guidance of a doctor, 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.