Diarrhoea

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• Synonyms

  • Loose stool

• Causes

  • Infective gastroenteritis
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Decreased transit time
  • Lactose intolerance
  • Bowel irritation by drug
  • Antibiotic altering bowel flora
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Coeliac disease
  • Tropical sprue
  • Malabsorption state
  • Irradiation
  • Pancreatic insufficiency
  • Ileocaecal carcinoma
  • Colorectal carcinoma
  • Carcinoid tumour
  • Autonomic neuropathy
  • Whipple's disease
  • Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome
  • Uraemia
  • Katayama fever
  • Behcet disease
  • Intestinal anthrax
  • Zinc deficiency
  • Nicotinic acid deficiency
  • Digoxin toxicity

• Effects

  • Gut electrolyte loss
  • Bicarbonate loss
  • Hyperchloraemic acidosis
  • Iron malabsorption
  • Hypomagnesaemia
  • Malabsorption state
  • Bloody diarrhoea

• Parents

  • Gastrointestinal symptom
  • Faeces sign

• Children

  • Watery diarrhoea
  • Bloody diarrhoea
  • Overflow diarrhoea

• Treatments

  • Loperamide