FREQUENT PASSAGE OF WATERY STOOL 😲

WHAT TO DO🤷‍♀️



Sometimes we suffer some medical conditions where the individual pass frequent watery stool.


This condition can be fatal if not managed in time, especially in children.


SOME MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT CAN CAUSE PASSAGE OF WATERY STOOL 


✍️Cholera

✍️ Dysentery 

✍️ Gastrointestinal infection

✍️ Food poisoning 

✍️ Ulcerative colitis 

✍️ Crohn's disease 

✍️ Irritable bowel disease 

✍️Other bacterial and viral infections 


Any of the above can lead to passage of watery stool.



WHAT TO DO🤔


✍️if you are at home and you have oral rehydration solution ORS you can mix it and give to the person.

This should serve as first aid treatment.


✍️The person should be taken to the hospital for proper treatment.


✍️ intravenous fluid and antibiotics is used for proper management especially in severe cases.


✍️Do not wait until the conditions becomes worse before going to the hospital.


✍️ Prompt treatment help to achieve good prognosis.



MANAGEMENT  GOALS 

✍️To prevent dehydration. 

✍️To correct electrolyte loss.

✍️To combat organisms causing the watery stool.

✍️To ensure total wellbeing.


COMPLICATIONS 

✍️ Dehydration 

✍️ Dizziness 

✍️ Electrolyte imbalance 

✍️ Hypoglycemic shock


FURTHER COMPLICATIONS 

✍️ Heart problems due to electrolyte imbalance. 

✍️ Kidney problems due to severe dehydration.

✍️Death especially children.


 CONCLUSION 


Passage of watery stool can be life threatening, early treatment is a sure bet to preventing complications.

Whether it's a child or an adult, management should be expedient.


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✍️by Prisca Ojiobianu 

#sweetmotherhood


#health

#waterystool

#wellness

#dehydration

#electrolyteimbalance

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