What happens to body during diarrhea? Especially the water part? Normaly, the water we drink is absorbed in the body and most part of thrown removing toxic elements via urine. But, during diarrhea body losses lot of water and we become dehydrated and weak. Suppose due to some process let’s say like Osmosis the water travels thru membrane and finally transforms into another substance, blood. So, during dehydration, does this process reverse? Why do we feel weakness? Also, when body knows it’s getting weak why it is still dehydration without absorbing any water? Someone please explain whole process.
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When you eat and drink, all the good stuff goes into your blood to give you energy. The bad yucky stuff that’s left over goes into your intestines. Your intestines are like a really long hose inside your tummy that takes the yucky stuff to the potty. There are little straws inside the hose that suck up all the good water from the yucky stuff before it reaches the potty. That good water then goes into your blood to keep you healthy.
But sometimes, your tummy gets an ouchie, maybe from some bad food. Then your intestine hose works too fast and doesn’t suck up the good water like it should. All the yucky stuff with the water still in it rushes out into the potty – and that’s diarrhea.
Losing all that good water makes you feel tired and weak, like when you get really sweaty playing outside on a hot day. And your body keeps having diarrhea because that ouchie in your tummy is still there, making your intestine hose work too fast.
The best way to make diarrhea stop is to rest, drink lots of fluids so your body can get more good water, and eat gentle foods like soup and crackers that won’t hurt your tummy more. Then your intestine hose can go back to working normally and absorbing all the good water.
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