It is often possible to meet such a situation when a person at the first signs of diarrhea begins to take strong medicines, the action of which is directed to the destruction of bacteria. But when this ailment occurs, one should not forget that antibiotics for diarrhea are used only in cases when the treatment is subject to an acute form of an infectious or bacterial disease. In all other cases, this is fraught with aggravation of the further course of the disease, since these agents, used against pathogenic microflora, contribute to the death of beneficial bacteria.
Antibiotics against diarrhea are indicated only if it is provoked by infectious microorganisms. Usually they can enter the human body through:
- Unboiled or unrefined water, especially in areas with negative sanitary conditions;
- Unwashed or stale food used by man in food;
- Dirty hands.
If the clinical picture of the disease is similar to that of acute enteritis, taking these medicines along with antiseptics is not advisable, since this type of diarrhea is caused by viruses. These drugs in this case not only will not give the desired effect, but also exacerbate the problem, since they contribute to the inhibition of useful microflora. Therefore, in any case, to clarify the nature of the disease, a specialist consultation is necessary.
But often patients are asked what to do if, when a loose stool appears in an adult, there is no possibility for an urgent visit to the doctor, which antibiotic for diarrhea can be used alone? In the treatment of diarrhea, when the patient is sure that he was caused by pathogenic infectious microorganisms, and there are no blood impurities in the stool, adult patients can start taking such drugs as Ftalazol or Entoban. They are sold in a pharmacy without a prescription.
Sometimes it is possible to hear a question about which antibiotics to take with diarrhea for children? Any specialist will answer to him that babies, without first consulting a doctor, are not allowed to treat diarrhea with antibiotics, since it can cause serious side effects. Yes, and stop the liquid stool in small patients before visiting the doctor is not necessary. Diarrhea is a protective function of the body, with the help of which toxins and pathogens are excreted from the digestive tract, so it is only necessary to strengthen the baby's drinking regimen before medical consultation so as not to cause dehydration.
Treatment of diarrhea with antibiotics
For the treatment of gastrointestinal infections with a moderate severity, intestinal antiseptics are sometimes prescribed. These are antibiotics that provide an antimicrobial effect only in the digestive organs, since they are not absorbed from the intestine. The advantage of these drugs used to treat diarrhea in adults is that they, with a wide spectrum of activity, disrupt the balance of the microflora slightly, and do not aggravate the manifestations of diarrhea. To such antibiotics, which have recently found great popularity in the treatment of diarrhea, include:
- Non-absorbable aminoglycosides and sulfonamides( Rifaximin);
- Non-fluorinated quinolines and quinolones( Chlornhinaldol);
- Nitrofurans( furazolidone).
But in spite of what antibiotic is prescribed for a patient with diarrhea, when receiving it from developing diarrhea, it should be simultaneously treated with eubiotics, drugs that help restore microflora in the intestine. Among them, the most popular is Linex, which has the ability to protect the human body from adhesion and colonization of pathogenic microorganisms.