Contents:
- Medical Video: Be careful, Amara! It can cause diarrhea or vomiting
- Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death
- Why can diarrhea cause death?
- How to avoid the fatal effects of diarrhea?
Medical Video: Be careful, Amara! It can cause diarrhea or vomiting
Diarrhea is one of the diseases most often experienced by the people of Indonesia, whether it's children or adults. In fact, within a year some people may be able to experience diarrhea 3 to 6 times. Even so, most people often underestimate this disease because it is considered a disease that does not cause more severe health problems. In fact, diarrhea that is already severe can cause death.
Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death
Diarrhea is a disease characterized by dilute stools and the frequency of bowel movements that are more often compared to normal. Many things can cause a person to experience diarrhea, such as eating foods that have been contaminated with parasites, bacteria, and viruses, such as norovirus and rotavirus. Not only that, diarrhea can also be caused by allergies to food or side effects of a particular drug.
Everyone regardless of age and sex can experience diarrhea. Usually diarrhea lasts only a few days. But in some serious cases, this disease can last for weeks and if not handled properly can cause death.
Until now diarrhea is one of the biggest health problems in Indonesian society. Quoted from the website of the Ministry of Health's Data and Data Information Ministry of Health published in 2011, diarrhea was ranked 13th as the cause of death of all ages with a proportion of 3.5 percent. While based on the category of infectious diseases, diarrhea is the third cause of death after Pneumonia and Tuberculosis. Based on these data, the age group that most experienced diarrhea was toddlers with a prevalence of 16.7 percent.
Why can diarrhea cause death?
When diarrhea, the body will lose a lot of body fluids and ions. This makes people who experience diarrhea vulnerable dehydration. When the fluid level in your body decreases, the ion balance in your body is also disturbed. As a result, the function of your body's organs and tissues cannot work optimally.
Now, if dehydration has entered a severe phase, a person will be more at risk of experiencing a variety of serious complications such as impaired kidney function, seizures, metabolic acidosis, to hypovolemic shock due to excessive fluid loss. This shock can cause loss of consciousness (fainting) or even death.
Therefore diarrhea should not be taken lightly even though this condition is common.
How to avoid the fatal effects of diarrhea?
As mentioned above, diarrhea can cause the body to lose large amounts of fluids and ions.
That is why, maintaining fluid and ion balance is important when diarrhea. Someone who experiences diarrhea is required to fulfill his fluid intake with drinks that not only contain water but also ions to restore lost ions and maintain ionic balance in the body.
Immediately consult a doctor if your diarrhea symptoms get worse. This is done so that you can immediately get the right treatment.
