Fiction Book Club co-founder, Endless Knots neighbor, and, more pertinent to this post, world renowned gastroenterologist Dr. Tom Lamont is the expert in today's Boston Globe Health Answers column, "Are antidiarrheal medicines counterproductive?"
Dr. J. Thomas Lamont, a gastroenterologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, says that in serious cases of diarrhea caused by bacteria, there’s some truth to the idea that stopping the symptoms could be unwise, because “there’s a flushing mechanism that promotes the removal of bad bugs.’’ For example, he says it’s best not to take medicines in cases of salmonella or shigella.
Much more at the link. Always such good, sound advice from Tom.
