Background. Little is known about the clinical presentation and natural history of previously
healthy patients in whom chronic idiopathic diarrhea develops. Methods. We reviewed the …

Background Even experienced clinicians shudder a bit when confronted with a patient who
has chronic diarrhea. The differential diagnosis is vast, and sorting through the pertinent …

Patients who report having diarrhea for more than four weeks should be evaluated for
chronic diarrheal diseases, since most infectious enteritides and other causes of acute …

Chronic diarrhea is a relatively common problem which is most distressing for physicians
and for parents. Pathogenetic mechanisms include osmotic and secretory diarrheas …

An 82-year-old active man is referred for evaluation of a 6-month history of loose, watery
stools without blood; before this he had no gastrointestinal symptoms. He has had a 10 …

We studied 27 patients with severe chronic diarrhea for which extensive investigations
carried out at other institutions had failed to reveal a diagnosis. They were studied by …

Objective: We aimed to determine perceptions of diarrhea in the general population.
Methods: We obtained an age-and gender-stratified random sample of Olmsted County …

Importance Diarrheal disease is commonly encountered in clinical practice. Persistent
diarrhea (≥ 14 days) can be caused by pathogens that differ from those commonly seen in …

An outbreak of a chronic diarrheal syndrome was detected between May and August 1987
in rural Henderson County, Illinois. Seventy-two individuals were affected. Epidemiological …

Despite the high prevalence of chronic diarrhea there is no universal approach to its
diagnosis and treatment. This article summarizes the pathophysiologic processes that result …