ENGLISH PAPERS

“DIARRHEA”

ARRANGED BY:
SALSHA NABILA JISMAN
P00324022163

Supporting lecturer : DR. Tambunan,M.Pd

KEMENTRIAN KESEHATAN REPUBLIK INDONESIA

POLTEKES KEMENKES KENDARI
JURUSAN D-III KEBIDANAN
2022/2023
 DIARRHEA

A. Introduction

Diarrhea is a common symptom of gastrointestinal infections

caused various pathogens, including bacteria, viruses and
protozoa. Diarrhea is more common in developing countries
because of a lack of safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene,
and poorer nutritional status. According to the latest available
figures, an estimated 2.5 billion people lack proper sanitation
facilities, and nearly one billion people lack access to
safe drinking water. Diarrhea is a disease that causes the sufferer
to have frequent bowel movements with watery or liquid stools. In
general, diarrhea occurs due to consuming food and drink
contaminated with viruses, bacteria, or parasites.

B. Problem Statment
1. What is diarrhea?
2. Why does diarrhea occurs?
3. How to overcome it?

C. Discussion
Diarrhea is a disease that causes the sufferer to have frequent
bowel movements with watery or liquid stools. In general, diarrhea
occurs due to consuming food and drink contaminated with viruses,
bacteria, or parasites.
The basic mechanism that causes of diarrhea is hormonal
dictatorship (food that cannot be absorbed will cause ormotic
pressure in the intestinal cavity to increase, causing water and
electrolyte movement into the intestinal tract, excessive intestinal
cavity content causing diarrhea).
Diarrhea can be overcome with:
- Take diarrhea medicine
- Consume lost of hurts to replace lost fluids, either orally or
intravenousiy
- Administration of drugs that fight bacterial infections
- In addition to the method above, there are also other
treatments. Treatment for diarrhea is usually adjusted to the
cause
D. Conclusion

Gastreonteritis or diarrhea is defecation with more liquid

stool consistency with a frequency of more than three times a day,
expect for neonates (baby less than one month who get breast milk
ussualy defecete with a frequency more often five to six times a
day) with good consistency is considered nomal.

E. Referensi

Wahyuni,Novita, “ faktor resiko kejadian diare pada balita

systematic review bidang kesehatan masyarakat” Jurnal ilmu
kedokteran dan kesehatan 8.3 (2021)