Chronic diarrhea is a common problem affecting up to 5% of the population at a given time.
Patients vary in their definition of diarrhea, citing loose stool consistency, increased
frequency, urgency of bowel movements, or incontinence as key symptoms. Physicians have
used increased frequency of defecation or increased stool weight as major criteria and
distinguish acute diarrhea, often due to self-limited, acute infections, from chronic diarrhea,
which has a broader differential diagnosis, by duration of symptoms; 4 weeks is a frequently …

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