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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Yeah, if you hold it in you will absorb more of the water. Generally, though, your body dumping stuff out of it is a defense mechanism for expelling stuff that’s probably better off left alone. Though I guess you could do and hold some enemas for the same effect without potentially retaining things your body wants to expell.

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You need some gubnerment cheese … Stop that shit right up.

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It’s not to be reabsorbed, just absorbed.

Your body uses water to absorb nutrients. Diarrhea is when your colons run in overdrive and pump out their contents before the water is properly absorbed.

If your body thinks whatever is in your bowels is not safe and dumping it out the other end, you should find a toilet.

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Some people think it’s funny but it’s really wet and runny.

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Okay so how come spicy food makes the intestines not bother digesting it?

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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8909049/ (2022 Feb 25)

In summary, mice were intragastrically administered with CAP at three doses to evaluate the effects of CAP on GI health. The results showed that administration of 40 mg/kg CAP did not have significant negative effects on the GI tract in mice, while 60 and 80 mg/kg CAP caused GI injury by damaging GI tissues and decreasing the levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-10). Inflammation and histopathological changes were significant in the jejunum, ileum, and colon, but only slight in the stomach. CAP increased serum SP and CGRP levels in a dose-dependent manner, which may induce an immune response and visceral pain. The levels of cecal SCFAs also significantly changed in the 80 mg/kg CAP-treated groups. These effects of CAP might be related to the regulation of gut microbiota, especially Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, Faecalibacterium, and Butyricimonas. Moreover, the underlying mechanism of the correlation between serum neuropeptides and specific gut microbiota needs to be studied, suggesting that probiotics, as members of the gut microbiota, may be an alternative in relieving CAP-induced GI injury. These data will reveal the effects of CAP on GI health, provide insight into the experimental model of CAP-induced GI injury, and enrich the correlation analysis between CAP ingestion and gut microbiota.

It looks like it’s still being studied. For now, I guess you can resolve it to being an irritant when ingested in larger quantities than your body likes.

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That’s the

your body thinks whatever is in your bowels is not safe

part.

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Is there any way to increase the intestines’ spice tolerance?

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… in an expedited manner.

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Find one or become one are the only options.

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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.

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“Hopefully my bowels aren’t able to absorb water?”

That’s literally their job. There are filters, you don’t absorb waste from your colon, but water and nutrients.

The colon is the longest part of the large intestine. It receives almost completely digested food from the cecum, absorbs water and nutrients, and passes waste (stool or feces) to the rectum. The colon is divided into 4 parts: The ascending colon is the start of the colon.

Diarrhoea is often a problem with the absorption of water in the colon instead of the body “flushing water” into your digestive tract.

Like the main job of the colon is water absorption, so the digested mush turns into stool that can be deposited in the rectum for to be expelled through the anus.

If that absorption doesn’t work then it’s just coming thorough and that’s diarrhoea

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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

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Play the fartastically funny new game Diarrhea 4 (not to be confused with Disgaea 4).

This fucking killed me thank you for it.

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Diarrhea isn’t necessarily “used” by the body in all cases. With things like rotavirus and Vibrio (cholera) it’s caused by the infectious agent and aids in its spread. It can be so severe it kills the person via dehydration.

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1574m how’d I do, boss

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Awesome!

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Holy shit a poop game developed from misreading a Lemmy post this is hilarious! Reminds me of my all time favorite Sega genesis game Boogerman

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I thought diarrhea was (at least sometimes) caused by too many of your gut bacteria getting killed by fever so they can’t digest solids enough to extract the water.

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Is this some kind of sequel or spin-off?

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Holy fuck that was TWO YEARS AGO!?

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