What to do if a 90-year-old man has diarrhea

Diarrhea is diarrhea. Diarrhea in the 90-year-old may be caused by food poisoning, bacillary dysentery, colon cancer and other reasons. It needs treatment.

1. Patients with food poisoning

need to supplement water and electrolytes in time, and use quinolones, penicillins, cephalosporins and other drugs under the guidance of doctors to treat diarrhea.

2. Patients with bacillary dysentery

need to ensure adequate rest, try to use light and digestible liquid food as much as possible, and use quinolones, cephalosporins, penicillins and other drugs under the guidance of doctors to relieve diarrhea symptoms.

3. Patients with colon cancer who

can tolerate surgery can be treated by laparotomy and laparoscopic surgery. Patients who cannot tolerate surgery can be treated with 5-fluorouracil, irinotecan, capecitabine and other drugs to improve their condition.