Why is F0 prone to diarrhea?

According to Dr. Truong Huu Khanh, former Head of the Department of Infection – Neurology, Children’s Hospital 1, Ho Chi Minh City, there are many reasons why F0 has diarrhea, including taking too much medicine. Specifically, detecting positive for SARS-CoV-2, some people were too worried to take a lot of drugs, including antibiotics. Another possibility is that the patient is too worried and does not feed properly. For example, if you don’t like milk but still try to drink milk, some people try to take too many vitamins, causing bloating, digestive disorders…

Besides, when infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus, in addition to respiratory symptoms, patients also experience symptoms of gastrointestinal diseases such as vomiting and diarrhea.

Dr. Khanh said that this is a normal phenomenon because when infected with a virus, diarrhea is the way the virus is released into the digestive tract. On the other hand, when discharged into the digestive tract, the virus will stimulate the digestive tract to cause diarrhea.

According to experts, to reduce diarrhea, when people have COVID-19, people should not take drugs indiscriminately, but use them according to the doctor’s prescription. During the course of treatment, people should not be too worried about nutrition, should only eat foods that are easy to digest, low in fat, rich in green vegetables, fruits, etc., combined with a rest and healthy exercise regimen. .

In addition, if diarrhea is less than 5 times a day, the patient can drink water, replace electrolytes, do not need antibiotics, after 3-5 days, the disease will be cured.

In case the patient has diarrhea for more than 5 days or the stool has mucus or blood, it is necessary to pay attention to the medical facility to examine and find the cause of bleeding due to mucosal damage.