Guest guest Posted February 18, 2002 Report Share Posted February 18, 2002 Hi all, I have had the flu bug for several days (since Friday night) with chronic diarrhea (not to sound nasty, but so you can maybe help me better--it is almost like water, went from burning to now green in color with a very bad odor). I have been drinking bottled water & gatorade, eating saltine crackers and jello. I have also tried Immodium. Nothing is helping so far. I stopped taking my meds except for my atenolol (for High Blood Pressure) and my Detrol (for my bladder-which also started acting up)--otherwise I was unable to keep them down. Is there anything more natural or herbal that anyone can recommend for me to take? I do have Colostrum at home--would that help? I am so afraid to take anything right now as I don't want to make it worse than it is (not that it would get any worse than this). Thank you all in advance. Jeri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2002 Report Share Posted February 18, 2002 somebody mentioned making some soup with outer 1/4 of potato. What exactly does that mean? Is it better than the inner? How many potatoes? And what are the other ingredients? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2002 Report Share Posted February 18, 2002 Interesting Tom! Thanks for that tip. I will have to try it. Roni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2002 Report Share Posted February 18, 2002 > Hi all, > I have had the flu bug for several days (since Friday night) with chronic diarrhea (not to sound nasty, but so you can maybe help me better--it is almost like water, went from burning to now green in color with a very bad odor). I have been drinking bottled water & gatorade, eating saltine crackers and jello. I have also tried Immodium. Nothing is helping so far. I stopped taking my meds except for my atenolol (for High Blood Pressure) and my Detrol (for my bladder-which also started acting up)--otherwise I was unable to keep them down. Is there anything more natural or herbal that anyone can recommend for me to take? I do have Colostrum at home--would that help? I am so afraid to take anything right now as I don't want to make it worse than it is (not that it would get any worse than this). > Thank you all in advance. Jeri Make you some potato soup using the outer 1/4 of the potato. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2002 Report Share Posted February 18, 2002 Don't forget that Gatorade and Jello are high in sugar :^( The best alternatives I've found are Glaceau FruitWater and, believe it or not, a sneaker-branded drink (Reebok, I think?). Glaceau has no sugar, and Reebok has only 1g; both have electrolytes. I have only seen the Reebok drink once, at a convenience store in South Carolina. Glaceau is available at many health food stores. Of course, you have no desire to run all over town looking for this stuff when you have a roaring case of diarrhea, either! Does anybody know if probiotics would help in this situation? diarrhea question > Hi all, > I have had the flu bug for several days (since Friday night) with chronic diarrhea (not to sound nasty, but so you can maybe help me better--it is almost like water, went from burning to now green in color with a very bad odor). I have been drinking bottled water & gatorade, eating saltine crackers and jello. I have also tried Immodium. Nothing is helping so far. I stopped taking my meds except for my atenolol (for High Blood Pressure) and my Detrol (for my bladder-which also started acting up)--otherwise I was unable to keep them down. Is there anything more natural or herbal that anyone can recommend for me to take? I do have Colostrum at home--would that help? I am so afraid to take anything right now as I don't want to make it worse than it is (not that it would get any worse than this). > Thank you all in advance. Jeri > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2002 Report Share Posted February 18, 2002 ! Does anybody know if probiotics would help in this situation?>>> Am not sure how true this is, but i was once told live yoghurt is excellent when you have this, but i am not 100% sure, cos i thought dairy aggrivated it, but maybe cos it is plain and live it makes the difference... Anne Freedom for Leonard Peltier, LAKOTA, DAKOTA, NAKOTA SPIRITUAL GROUP SOUTH DAKOTA STATE PENITENTIARY www.members.tripod.com/sapawiyaka/bio.html --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2002 Report Share Posted February 19, 2002 In a message dated 2/19/2002 2:17:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, wolfhawk_us@... writes: > Does anybody know if probiotics would help in this situation?>>> I believe it can help. I've tried it and it seems to have a positive effect.... it seems to slow it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2002 Report Share Posted February 19, 2002 Hi I've had great luck with food grade Oregano oil. Follow the dosage on the bottle it is very powerful stuff and will kill any flu bug i've ever faced. several times when my family has had diarrhea and everyone else in the state i have been able to avoid it by pre dosing withthe oregano oil. You may want to mix it with flax seed oil or olive oil to make it more gentle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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