A previously healthy 16-year-old female adolescent was hospitalized after a 4- to 5-day history of copious diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. She reported up to 30 watery yellow-brown bowel movements ...
Keep reading to find out the most common causes of diarrhea, as well as how to reduce the risk of both occasional and chronic episodes. While chronic diarrhea often isn’t serious and usually ...
Consecutive patients referred from 1997 to 1999 for investigation of chronic diarrhea were included in the study. Chronic diarrhea was defined as greater than 3 stools a day for at least 4 weeks.
Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut ...