jfko6 wrote:Alot can be said about this problem of diarrhea which can come from many forms: water, food, and insect bites that carry a pathogen. Diarrhea can be one of the side effects of an insect bite of the type that carries bacteria causing diseases like malaria.
But Loperamide medications of brand name Imodium don't cure the diarrhea it just forms the stool until the body heals itself. You need plenty of fluids.
As far as the medicine cabinet is at home everyone should have this on there shelf. If you don't, you need to get it.
I got half of my guts´removed at my accident in 1987 when an (US Army Airfield) steel gate of 900kg tipped over and squeezed me to death by smashing my whole pelvic, ripping off all my intestines and blood vessels into thousend parts by the impact of several tons. I spend one year in hospital, lots of surgeries, 4 month at ICU, CPRed, dialyses, thorax drained, 150 blood transfusionen, still have lot´s of metal parts inside my body I will get buried with, I "saw the light" and met "him" and belive me - I know more about diarrhea than all you guy´s together here can post within an hour...
I saw my own open belly from in- and outside...
and have to deal with it since 21 years but also have been at North Africe a couple of times without sh***ing my pants
Btw, as I´m a professional paramedic, I know lot´s of medical and body (mal)functions as well without my own fate.
But you are right, topic "diarrhea" is as big as "liquide"
As Loperamide just "slow down" the movement of your guts (peristaltic), it allows the feces to stay longer inside the colon => more liquide is absorbed => got less diarrhea BUT if the source of your diarrhea is e.g. a pathologic flora, Loperamide increases your problem as it keeps "the shit" inside!
These floras came usaly from wrong (local) food, water, fruits etc.
For an ordinary "run" for some minor reason it will help very well!
Your own links agree
Treatment
Antibiotics are the principal element in the treatment of TD (=Travelers’ Diarrhea...)
Antimotility agents provide symptomatic relief and serve as useful adjuncts to antibiotic therapy in TD ... while awaiting the effects of antibiotics.
These agents should not be used by travelers in diarrheal illness associated with high fever or blood in the stool...
Every lost of body fluides need to be replaced. If from bleeding, sweating, burn injures, diarrhea, vomiting to prevent (lethal) shock
