Why do patients with severe pneumonia have diarrhea?

Severe pneumonia is also known as fulminant pneumonia, which is caused by various pathogens infection, pulmonary parenchyma inflammation, pathogens after entering the body, will produce a large number of endotoxin, can stimulate the body multi-organ dysfunction, such as stimulation of gastrointestinal tract will cause gastrointestinal ischemia, cell edema, resulting in gastrointestinal absorption dysfunction, manifested as diarrhea, even abdominal pain, vomiting and other manifestations. Second, patients with severe pneumonia can also show diarrhea during treatment. For example, patients with severe pneumonia often need nutritional support in the field. The absorption function of intestinal tract of severe patients is reduced. If the nutrient injection speed of intestinal tract is too fast, or the amount is too large, it is easy to cause diarrhea caused by absorption failure. Third, severe pneumonia patients in the treatment, normal use of a wide range of antibiotics, in the course of treatment, antibiotics will kill the normal flora in the intestinal tract, may cause flora imbalance can also cause diarrhea. The above plan is for reference only, the specific use of drugs according to the instructions or to the regular hospital according to the doctor's advice.