Medically reviewed by Kumkum S. Patel, MD Key Takeaways Chronic diarrhea can cause weight loss due to loss of body fluids.Weight loss from diarrhea is mostly water weight and will likely ...

Over 700 drugs have been associated with causing diarrhea. Chronic diarrhea is a common complaint among patients and can lead to a significant decrease in quality of life. 1 Diarrhea is defined as the ...

The authors make the point that bowel functions in general are associated with a lot of health outcomes. Direct association would be somebody with severe constipation, or the long term can be and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with obesity are at greater risk for chronic diarrhea, and the association grew stronger as BMI ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Chronic diarrhea is an “incredibly common” condition, with about one out of 20 patients presenting with ...

Background and Aims: Often a cause for chronic non-specific diarrhea (≥3 stools per day for more than 4 weeks) is not identified. Small bowel bacterial overgrowth (SBO) can occur without morphological ...

Lansoprazole is a proton pump inhibitor which powerfully suppresses gastric acid production and is widely prescribed for chronic use in gastroesophageal reflux disease. Lansoprazole uncommonly causes ...

Stools collected from 39 infants and children with chronic nonspecific diarrhea and from 10 age-matched controls were examined for bile acid content with use of gas-liquid chromatography. Values were ...

A common type of chronic diarrhea may be caused by a hormone deficiency, according to new research. Scientists say their results could help more doctors recognize this type of diarrheal illness, and ...

Dear Dr. Roach: In January 2014, I was bitten by a mosquito in the Caribbean and came down with the Chikungunya virus, which I still have. I took naproxen for about three months for the Chikungunya ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Key Takeaways Diarrhea is often contagious, especially when it's caused by viruses, ...

The breath test was developed to overcome the shortcomings of duodenal fluid culture. The 14 C-D-xylose test has been criticized for lack of diagnostic accuracy and has a sensitivity of 30-90% and ...