Can you eat rice with gastroenteritis?

Written by Huang Gang
Gastroenterology
Updated on December 01, 2024
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If you have gastroenteritis, it is best to eat foods that are easy to digest. You can drink some millet porridge. It is best not to eat rice, as rice is not easily digestible, but you can drink some rice porridge, which is still a soft food and relatively easy to digest.

Additionally, you should avoid greasy foods and it's best not to drink milk because dairy products can also easily lead to diarrhea. Moreover, patients who are lactose intolerant may experience worsened symptoms of gastroenteritis after consuming milk.

When suffering from gastroenteritis, it is important to maintain a light diet and, if necessary, take some anti-inflammatory drugs or probiotics. Generally, recovery can be achieved in about two to three days. Also, make sure to rest in bed and avoid eating fruits, as fruits contain rough fiber that can exacerbate symptoms of diarrhea.

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acute gastroenteritis dehydration symptoms

Minor dehydration from acute gastroenteritis can manifest as dry mouth, sunken eye sockets, headache, dizziness, general fatigue, decreased appetite, and loss of skin elasticity. If symptoms worsen, signs of shock may appear, including reduced total blood volume, renal dysfunction, rapid weak pulse, low blood pressure, cold and wet limbs, and reduced or absent urine output. It is important to seek medical attention promptly if dehydration symptoms occur and treat according to the type of dehydration, while actively treating the acute gastroenteritis.

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How to alleviate acute gastroenteritis

For acute gastroenteritis, the first step is to provide general treatment, which is to have the patient rest in bed as much as possible. For mild cases, oral rehydration solutions can be used to replenish lost fluids. If the patient has persistent vomiting or noticeable dehydration, they need to replenish with glucose-salt water or other relevant electrolytes. Patients should try to eat a light diet, consisting of semi-liquid foods, to prevent dehydration. Secondly, symptomatic treatment should be administered if necessary, including injections of antiemetic and antispasmodic medications, as well as antidiarrheal drugs. Thirdly, antimicrobial treatment, which is mainly targeted at infectious diarrhea, should involve the appropriate use of targeted antibiotics, but it is important to prevent their misuse.

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How to thoroughly treat acute gastroenteritis?

The main treatment methods for acute gastroenteritis are as follows. Firstly, the patient should rest in bed. If the patient has persistent vomiting, or shows signs of dehydration caused by vomiting, it is necessary to promptly rehydrate the patient. Regarding the diet, it is advisable for the patient to consume liquid or semi-liquid foods, such as porridge and rice soup, to prevent dehydration. Secondly, it is crucial to treat the symptoms. If the patient has uncontrollable vomiting, we can administer antiemetic medications to alleviate this symptom. Thirdly, in the case of antimicrobial treatment, common gastroenteritis may involve bacterial infections, which require antibiotics for targeted treatment of infectious diarrhea. However, it is important to avoid overuse or misuse of these antimicrobial drugs. Furthermore, attention must be paid to dietary habits. It is essential to wash hands before meals and after using the toilet, and to properly disinfect raw vegetables, fruits, and meats, which should be thoroughly cooked before consumption, to effectively prevent the occurrence of gastroenteritis.

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Can you smoke with gastroenteritis?

If suffering from gastroenteritis, the main clinical symptoms usually include abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, or fever. If these symptoms occur, it is best to test the stool and blood to determine whether the infection is bacterial or viral, and then treat accordingly. It is not recommended for patients with gastroenteritis to smoke, as smoking primarily harms the lungs, easily causing chronic bronchitis, asthma, or even allergies. Furthermore, smoking can affect the blood concentration of medications, thus during the treatment of gastroenteritis with oral medications or intravenous infusions, smoking can affect the efficacy of the treatment. Therefore, patients with gastroenteritis should not smoke.

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acute gastroenteritis symptoms

The symptoms of acute gastroenteritis can vary depending on the cause. Both gastroenteritis and infectious diarrhea exhibit symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting. However, there are distinctions; the abdominal pain in gastroenteritis is often less severe than in infectious diarrhea, and the stools in gastroenteritis are typically watery. In infectious diarrhea, the stools can also be watery, but more often they are mucoid or even contain mucus and blood. Additionally, the stool volume in infectious diarrhea is usually not large and is accompanied by symptoms of tenesmus. Gastroenteritis often also involves symptoms of upper respiratory infection, including fever, chills, dizziness, headache, fatigue, general body ache, and sore throat. Differentiating between the two can be achieved through examinations and tests like stool routine, blood routine, and C-reactive protein levels.