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What Causes Diarrhea Post A Colectomy?
My mother had, what I understand to be a total removal of her colon. The Doctor says there is no chance of of ever have reconstruction so she would have bowel movements through the rectum, because it would result in constant diarrhea. This surgery was the results of chronic constipation that was not manged Properly. Could you please direct me to a link/cite that can help me understand better what actually happened in surgery? With pictures or video would be of great help, please.
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Warm welcome to Healthcaremagic.com
I have gone through your concern in depth .
* Diarrhea is in relation with many factors as
- short bowel - rapid transit time - lack of stool holding space
- there is compromise in the recovery of water and electrolytes -
hampering of fermentation of the some undigested food stuffs by the
intestinal flora - others .
* You can have further details at www.healingwell.com on this .
Hope this will help you for sure .
Regards .
Warm welcome to Healthcaremagic.com
I have gone through your concern in depth .
* Diarrhea is in relation with many factors as
- short bowel - rapid transit time - lack of stool holding space
- there is compromise in the recovery of water and electrolytes -
hampering of fermentation of the some undigested food stuffs by the
intestinal flora - others .
* You can have further details at www.healingwell.com on this .
Hope this will help you for sure .
Regards .
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