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Diarrhea is usually caused by the body dumping water into your intestines so I was wondering if holding it in would help with dehydration?

I currently have food poisoning so that's why I thought of this.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but it's probably better to just let it go. Splurge on a pack of premium toilet paper, baby wipes, and some kind of topical cream to deal with an irritated starfish. Alternate water and gatorade. BRAT diet for 12-24 hours, then start adding chicken soup, boiled or baked potatoes.

[–] ReiRose 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for irritated starfish, made me chuckle

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Not the first time I've been thanked for an irritated starfish... :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I've always wondered this too. Thanks for asking, OP.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Sounds like an attempt to discover DIEarrhea. Report your findings, should you survive the experiment.

[–] madthumbs 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is why I don't believe in butt-chugging.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Immodium/Limodil is your friend.

[–] [email protected] 213 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Hopefully not. Diarrhea is used to flush bacteria and poisons out of the body. I guess if the body would regain the water it could also regain the bacteria.

Just drink a lot of water and let your body do the work it needs to do.

In case you question my credentials, I'm the developer of Diarrhea 4.

[–] Toneswirly 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Games a fun Lunar Lander-like but its too easy. I got up to 15 Liters of poo and just held the button down. Could be an interesting challenge if the screen didnt scroll back down and you had to get the powerups before you pass them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah, I have a ton of ideas for improvements but no energy to implement them. My initial concept included aliens you'd aim your poo stream at to shoot them down.

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[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Have you had lot of success in your life trying to hold diarrhea?

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 45 points 1 week ago

For the most part yeah. Just don't trust a fart.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have a pretty decent collection of plugs; one of them oughta be enough to hold back the deluge. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] Hobbes_Dent 54 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Just remember that it’s a two-ended pipe, even if a long one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Plug both ends. Problem solved.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Swallow the plug.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have IBS and yeah, if I can successfully hold it in the urge goes away for a couple hours and a more normal BM is the result.

The challenge is knowing when its worth trying to hold it in. It's like a 10% of the time kind of thing.

[–] EtherWhack 1 points 6 days ago

You'll also likely need to pee more (like every 20-30min) despite not really drinking water in between restroom trips.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sure, part of the job of your intestines is to deal with the water in your food. Espectally the large intestine, if I remember correctly. However... I wonder what your plan is to hold it in. The whole point of diarrhea is to flush everything more quickly through your intestines, and then out. That's why it's still wet at the end. You'll get kind of a traffic jam at the rear end. With more incoming. And I don't think the intestines are designed to withstand pressure. And the sphincter isn't really meant to hold back fluids...

So no. You need to drink a lot to deal with the dehydration. In bad cases the doctor can connect you to a drip. Those will be things that have an effect.

And all of that happens with a reason. I suppose you can force the intestines to stop with the diarrhea by using some medication. But then the pathogens/viruses/whatever your body is trying to get rid of, will grow inside of you, and you're bound to experience other issues.

[–] Kelly 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I'm in that description and I don't like it

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I mean I'm chugging water like it's my job but it's just going right through me lmao

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

"The solution to pollution is dilution."

The body has evolved methods of protecting and ridding itself of bad things. It sucks at the time, but don't try to go against what your body is trying to fix.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I'm no doctor, but have you eaten anything salty recently? Salt might help keep the water inside for a longer time. (pls note that this is a speculation, so do your research)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Are you getting enough electrolytes? Dilute Gatorade/Powerade with equal amount of water (1:1 ratio). It will help your body absorb and hold onto the water.

Best of luck to you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

In theory it would, in practice good luck holding it in if it's really diarrhea.

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