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What Can Be The Causes For Persistent Diarrhea?

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Posted on Mon, 23 Feb 2015
Question: Loose stools and diarrhea for 3 wks. Possible causes?
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Answered by Dr. Chobufo Ditah (17 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Could be cuased by poor digestion, absorption, infections, etc

Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.

I am so sorry to hear about this persistent diarrhea. The good news is that diarrhea never kills so long as you during enough fluids. I will recommend that you drink as much fluids as possible in order to avoid getting dehydrated.

I will like to know the frequency of these stool. Also, have you ever had a screening colonoscopy? Are the stool watery or semi-solid? And finally, is there any blood in the stools?

These would help me to narrow down the possible causes of diarrhea as there are so many and would not make any sense throwing all of them at you.

I hope to hear from you and if there are any unmentioned symptoms, please do well to let me know of them. I wish you well.
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What Can Be The Causes For Persistent Diarrhea?

Brief Answer: Could be cuased by poor digestion, absorption, infections, etc Detailed Answer: Hi and thank you so much for this query. I am so sorry to hear about this persistent diarrhea. The good news is that diarrhea never kills so long as you during enough fluids. I will recommend that you drink as much fluids as possible in order to avoid getting dehydrated. I will like to know the frequency of these stool. Also, have you ever had a screening colonoscopy? Are the stool watery or semi-solid? And finally, is there any blood in the stools? These would help me to narrow down the possible causes of diarrhea as there are so many and would not make any sense throwing all of them at you. I hope to hear from you and if there are any unmentioned symptoms, please do well to let me know of them. I wish you well.