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Diarrhea in conjunction with constipation, not a disease, is a symptom of a disorder whose severity depends on the cause that originated it.

Diarrhea is characterized by the frequent evacuation of watery stools, without forming, causing a excasa absorption of nutrients, electrolytes and fluids. You can go or not accompanied by pain, weakness, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, fever or loss of appetite.

It may be acute or chronic. The first of sudden onset, usually lasts a day or two. The second usually takes longer, often a symptom of more serious disease. The disorder may stem from the diet, infections, medications, chronic diseases, emotional stress, etc. ….

General Care:
- Replace fluids urgently eliminated in the feces, based on wines, soft drinks, tea, etc … Gradually incorporate easily digested meals, small, frequent up to return to normal diet.
- If diarrhea is moderate, water and salts lost can be replaced, alternating sips throughout the day of the following beverages:
- 1 glass of orange or apple with half a teaspoon of honey and a pinch of salt and one cup of boiled water and a quarter teaspoon of baking soda.

To prevent it:
- Wash hands thoroughly before cooking or eating food.
- Pour a few drops of bleach on the plants we eat raw (tomatoes, lettuce)
- Ensure that the water we drink is clean, not drinking if in doubt.
- Wash the egg shells before opening.
- If we travel and water is not drinkable, not brush our teeth with ellla.
- Wash hands thoroughly after going.
- Boil or sterilize bottles, pacifiers, children under 1 year.

Hemorrhoids or piles are a series of veins in the rectum and anus that become swollen and become very annoying.

Almost everyone over a period of his life suffering from hemorrhoids, but the main causes of hemorrhoids, not to mention that there is some inherited component are:

* Long periods of constipation or diarrhea.
* Great efforts when defecating.
* Hemorrhoids in pregnancy. The effort at the time of childbirth hemorrhoids produces many pregnant women.
* Stay long periods of sitting or standing.
* A poor diet low in fiber promotes constipation.
* Obesity.

The most common symptoms of hemorrhoids are:

* Bleeding haemorrhoids. Little bleeding when defecating, including feces or on paper wiping. In this bleeding external hemorrhoids usually accompanied by pain or itching and no internal hemorrhoids.
* Pain or discomfort when sitting.
* When the veins inside the anus become inflamed and are beyond the anus (prolapse occurs). This vein bulging is very annoying when you are sitting.

The treatment of hemorrhoids is essential for improvement and especially to reduce symptoms of hemorrhoids so bothersome, so we must:

* When going to the bathroom try not to keep quiet and go at the time that we need. We should try to defecate without great efforts and to promote bleeding and prolapsed internal hemorrhoids. Cleanse the anus with paper or soft tissues and, if possible accompanied by warm water. In case of prolapse try (once the area clean) finger to accompany the hemorrhoid inside the anus.
* When you feel very itchy or itching in the area is good warm water baths for about 10 minutes. It also relieves itching to ice, but we will not use this remedy because the cold weather does not help remove the blood clot that forms the hemorrhoid and if relief but does not facilitate the improvement of the hemorrhoid.
* The use of creams for hemorrhoids usually relieve the pain or itching, but not good either prolonged use.
* As mentioned in many of our items, chamomile is a natural anti-inflammatory and analgesic, so a bag of chamomile in warm water on the external hemorrhoid ease enough.
* Another home remedy is the paste of spinach (finely chopped spinach mixed with oil). The properties of spinach decongest and soothe the hemorrhoid discomfort.
* We must balance a diet rich in fiber, but be careful, say balance, since too much fiber can lead us to go to the bathroom too often and very hard stool, all counter with hemorrhoids.
* Avoid very spicy foods or very spicy, is a “hell” for the hemorrhoid.
* In extreme cases will be necessary to operate the hemorrhoids surgically. Today there are several methods of disposal, such as clotted through laser sclerosed by injection or surgical removal of a lifetime.

If hemorrhoids or piles make you suffer a lot and these tips for home treatment of hemorrhoids and natural and do not relieve hemorrhoids, you should visit your doctor.

The management of diarrhea in the household consists of the following three rules (the ABC of diarrhea):
1. DC supply,
2. Drink plenty,
3. Consultations.

CONTINUOUS POWER

Continuous feeding is not to interrupt the normal diet, eat more often to compensate for loss of appetite, add one or two teaspoons of vegetable oil to food to provide energy, not introducing new foods as long as diarrhea, only to avoid very concentrated or highly spiced and sweetened. Keeping food during diarrhea, accelerates the normalization of bowel function, including digestion and absorption of food. It also favors the hydration of the patient to provide water carriers for intestinal absorption and offset the loss by diarrhea.

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