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 …

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 …

Chronic diarrhea, defined as a decrease in stool consistency for more than four weeks, is a
common but challenging clinical scenario. It can be divided into three basic categories …

Diarrhea is best defined as passage of loose stools often with more frequent bowel
movements. For clinical purposes, the B ristol S tool F orm S cale works well to distinguish …

Definitions for 'chronic diarrhoea'are arbitrary and are not evidence-based. The duration of
illness that would differentiate acute from chronic diarrhoea is often taken as four weeks and …

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 …

Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea (IBS‐D) and functional diarrhoea (FDr) are the two
major functional bowel disorders characterized by diarrhoea. In spite of their high …

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 …

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 …

The evaluation of the patient with diarrhea can be complex and the treatment challenging. In
this article, the definition of diarrhea and the pathophysiologic mechanisms that lead to …