What causes diarrohea?

[cocopops]

Can anyone help with any advice on how to deal with it ?

[alexey]

immodium instants!

[jno]

if it's a one-off thing it may be you've eaten some unhealthy food and your body is trying to deal with it by expelling it pronto. If it's frequent, maybe your diet is too soft and needs adjusting. Immodium works for me.

[iwbus]

Be sensible with what you eat but if you DO have problems take Loperamide, I got a 6 pack for under 2 quid and it works a treat. I've learned to be quite sensible with what I eat, I rarely eat stuff that is an "unknown quantity" e.g. McDonalds but then I am a bus driver and this is one job you DON'T want to have the trots while you work!

[irisred]

I agree Imodium is great however, if it is a long term illness it could be a sign of something else possibly IBS.

Worht getting it checked out if it is long term.

[sammd]

If it's a short-term thing, i.e. a bug due to dodgy food it's best to let the bug out but if you have to then yeah Immodium.

If it's long term it could be a variety of things. Some people get it from drinking milk (due to the lactose) - can be solved by drinking lactose-free or soya milk. Other common problems are IBS - avoiding certain foods help this (a google search will tell you which kind of foods, i can't remember off the top of my head).

But yeah, it's worth seeing the doc to check it out. If it's something more serious (i won't scare you with details coz people always do that and chances are it's nothing serious) they can give you medication to prevent it.

[joko]

i've heard eating cocopops is the leading cause of diarrhoea in britain.

[cocopops]

Thanks for all your help guys! I actually do suffer from IBS, so it may be related..As for JOKO, your comment made me laugh.....very funny....