Abstract Chronic diarrhea, including diarrhea‐predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS‐D), osmotic bile acid and antibiotic‐associated is a common problem which highly associated with disorders of the gut microbiota composition such as small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) so on. A growing number studies have supported view that Chinese herbal formula alleviates symptoms diarrhea by mod...

Chronic diarrhea is a symptom which persists for ≥ 4 weeks as of disease. often becomes the patient’s cause to be referred gastroenterology. In general, prevalence chronic approximated 5% in each populations, but there are obstacles diagnosing diarrhea, due many differential diagnoses diarrhea. The could neoplasm and non-neoplasm. several studies, through results colonoscopy histopathology, it ...

background: chronic diarrhea is a common problem in patients with symptoms related to gastro-intestinal tract. some of these patients present with chronic non-bloody, watery diarrhea and no specific clinical, laboratory, or endoscopic findings. the aim of the present study was to investigate the value of histological findings in patients with chronic diarrhea who have normal or non-specific end...

Diarrhea is one of the most common symptoms of illness in pediatric practice. It usually appears in the form of acute diarrhea, but it may also progress to a chronic state. The differential diagnosis of chronic diarrhea is very extensive (Table 1). Regardless of specific etiology, the major pathogenetic mechanisms are osmotic diarrhea, increased intestinal secretion, inhibition of active ion ab...

a case who was suffering from abdominal pain and chronic diarrhea refered to isfahan health training and research center, institute of public health. current treatments for chronic diarrhea incloding a traial of gluten fre diet were performed but these were not effective because he was infected by dicrocoelium dentriticum. then he was cured with parasitic treatment.

BACKGROUND Chronic diarrhea in patients treated with immunosuppressive agents or suffering from immunosuppressive disease can represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the clinician. Norovirus infection, a major cause of acute epidemic diarrhea, has been described as a cause of chronic diarrhea in patients who are immunosuppressed, including transplant recipients and the very young. ...

As can be seen from the above 2 quotations, although diarrhea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, it is often not given the respect it deserves. Diarrhea and fecal incontinence are extraordinarily common in the nursing home. Diarrhea is a significant cause of increased expenditures in the nursing home because of nursing time and laundry expenses. Most deaths from diarrhea occur in olde...

Chronic diarrhea is usually associated with a number of non-infectious causes. When definitive treatment is unavailable, symptomatic drug therapy is indicated. Pharmacologic agents for chronic diarrhea include loperamide, 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5-HT3) receptor antagonists, diosmectite, cholestyramine, probiotics, antispasmodics, rifaximin, and anti-inflammatory agents. Loperamide, a synthe...