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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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.

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Chronic gastroenteritis is a chronic inflammation that occurs in the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract. The basic pathological change is the infiltration of a large number of neutrophils or lymphocytes in the mucosa. Examinations mainly include endoscopy and routine stool tests. Gastroscope and colonoscopy can be used to assess the extent of mucosal lesions in the gastrointestinal tract, and routine stool tests can determine the presence of occult blood positivity. If there is blood in the stool, a routine blood test can also be conducted to check for chronic blood loss anemia. Based on the results of these examinations, the severity of the lesions can be understood, and appropriate medications can be actively chosen for symptomatic treatment.

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The symptoms of acute gastroenteritis depend on the cause, including gastroenteritis caused by a stomach flu or bacterial infection. The symptoms of gastroenteritis from a stomach flu usually include fever, chills, dizziness, fatigue, body aches, stomach pain, diarrhea with watery stools, sometimes accompanied by vomiting and bloating. Routine stool tests often show no significant abnormalities. Acute gastroenteritis caused by bacterial infection typically manifests as stomach pain and diarrhea, accompanied by fever and chills, with stools that are mucous in nature. Routine stool tests often reveal the presence of white blood cells, pus cells, or phagocytes, and a routine blood test may indicate an increased white blood cell count. Treatment methods vary and generally involve symptomatic treatment, which usually leads to gradual relief.