Can metronidazole be used to treat enteritis?

In daily life, whenever people have stomach pain, the first thing they think of is to go to the toilet. In addition to going to the toilet, if the pain is really unbearable, they will choose to take medicine for treatment. So can the common metronidazole in daily life cure enteritis? What are the contraindications of this medicine?

Can metronidazole cure enteritis?

Generally, it can cure enteritis. Enteritis refers to a common digestive system disease in which bacteria and other microorganisms enter the intestines (most common in the large intestine such as the colon) due to eating unclean food and multiply in large numbers on the intestinal mucosa, producing a large amount of toxins. The toxins act on the intestinal mucosa, increasing the secretion of the intestinal mucosa and the increase of intestinal fluid. The clinical manifestations are paroxysmal abdominal pain, diarrhea (even watery stools), nausea and vomiting, or chills and fever. Generally, enteritis is accompanied by anaerobic infection. Metronidazole has a certain anti-anaerobic effect, so metronidazole can treat enteritis, but clinical treatment of enteritis advocates the use of combined medications.

Medication instructions

It is carcinogenic to some animals. It has been found that the urine of animals treated with this product has an inducing effect on bacteria. Before repeating a course of treatment, a white blood cell count should be performed. For pets with anaerobic infection and renal failure, the interval between dosing should be extended from 8 hours to 12 hours. Carcinogenicity and mutagenicity Animal experiments or in vitro assays have found that this product has tumorigenic and mutagenic effects.

(1) Pets with severe liver damage: This product is metabolized slowly, and the drug and its metabolites tend to accumulate in the body. The dosage should be reduced and blood drug concentrations should be monitored.

(2) In some animals with a gastric tube placed for suction and decompression, this product can be continuously cleared through gastric fluid, causing a decrease in blood drug concentration. When anuric animals undergo hemodialysis, the metabolites of this product are quickly cleared, so the dosage does not need to be reduced.

(3) Patients with Candida infection will experience aggravated symptoms if they use this product and need to be given anti-Candida drugs at the same time.

(4) It may cause mild granulocytopenia, and blood counts should be checked before and after taking the drug.

(5) The drug should not come into contact with aluminum needles and cannulas. The intravenous drip rate should be slow and should not be dripped together with other drugs.

When treating trichomoniasis, daily scrubbing is required to avoid repeated infection. When vaginal administration is used, coexisting candidiasis may worsen. After taking the medicine, the urine may be dark red, which is caused by the metabolites of this product.