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Lifestyle and home remedies

By Mayo Clinic staff

Supportive treatment for diarrhea includes:

  • Plenty of fluids. Choose fluids containing water, salt and sugar, such as diluted fruit juice, soft drinks and broths.
  • Good nutrition. If you have watery diarrhea, eat starchy foods, such as potatoes, noodles, rice, wheat and oatmeal. Other good choices are saltine crackers, bananas, soup and boiled vegetables. If you aren't hungry, you may ingest a liquid diet at first. After your diarrhea clears up, you may have temporary difficulty digesting milk and milk-based products.
Prevention Treatments and drugs
References
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  4. Kelly CP, et al. Clostridium difficile — More difficult than ever. New England Journal of Medicine. 2008;359:1932.
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