“Should I take Imodium for diarrhea or let it run its course?”

You may need a culture of your stool to determine what the reason for the diarrhea is. Imodium in the short term may be ok until the culture returns. SFC

Hi, a simple case of diarrhea that does not have any alarming features such as severe dehydration, abdominal pain, blood in your stool, high fevers, or anorexia might clear on its own as long as you stay well-hydrated. Otherwise, I would seek an urgent evaluation. In any case, even simple instances of diarrhea are more than meets the eye. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

In most cases of unhospitalized diarrhea it is ok to take imodium simply to reduce the number of stools. This includes transient infections causing diarrhea. If one is very ill, febrile, septic or has bloody diarrhea, then imodium probably should not be used.