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**C[[celiac disease|eliac disease]], | **C[[celiac disease|eliac disease]], | ||
**Disaccharidase deficiency | **Disaccharidase deficiency | ||
*'''[[Irritable bowel syndrome]]''' | *'''[[Irritable bowel syndrome]]'''<ref name="pmid698649">{{cite journal| author=Manning AP, Thompson WG, Heaton KW, Morris AF| title=Towards positive diagnosis of the irritable bowel. | journal=Br Med J | year= 1978 | volume= 2 | issue= 6138 | pages= 653-4 | pmid=698649 | doi= | pmc=1607467 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=698649 }} </ref> | ||
*[[Inflammatory bowel disease|'''Inflammatory bowel disease''':]] | *[[Inflammatory bowel disease|'''Inflammatory bowel disease''':]] | ||
** | **[[Crohn's disease|rohn disease]] | ||
**Ul[[ulcerative colitis|cerative colitis]], | **Ul[[ulcerative colitis|cerative colitis]], | ||
* '''[[Microscopic colitis]]''' | * '''[[Microscopic colitis]]''' | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Omodamola Aje B.Sc, M.D. [2]
Overview
Depending on the socio economic status of the population, chronic diarrhea can be caused by several factors. In a developing nation, the most likely causes of chronic bacteria include; mycobacterial and parasitic infections and less likely to include functional disorders such as malabsorption and inflammatory bowel diseases. In a developed nation however, the most likely cause of diarrhea include; irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease, malabsorption syndromes (such as lactose intolerance and celiac disease), and chronic infections (particularly in patients who are immunocompromised).
Life threatening causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
There are no life-threatening causes of chronic diaarrhea, however complications resulting from untreated chronic diarrhea is common.
Common causes
- Malabsorption:
- Cystic fibrosis,
- Celiac disease,
- Disaccharidase deficiency
- Irritable bowel syndrome[1]
- Inflammatory bowel disease:
- Microscopic colitis
- Gastrointestinal infections;
- Anatomic abnormalities;
- Intussusception,
- Hirschsprung disease (± toxic megacolon)
- Partial bowel obstruction,
- Blind loop syndrome (also in patients with dysmotility),
- Intestinal lymphangiectasis,
- Short gut syndrome.
- Immunodeficiency;
- Severe combined immunodeficiencies and other genetic disorders,
- HIV
- Endocrine diarrhea:
- Addison disease,
- carcinoid tumors,
- Vipoma,
- gastrinoma (Zollinger-Ellison syndrome),
- mastocytosis or increased motility (
- hyperthyroidism
- Giardiasis: Patients presents with excess gas, steatorrhea (malabsorption). Giardia fecal antigen test is diagnostic.
- Infectious enteritis or colitis (diarrhea not associated with C. difficile):
- Miscellaneous;
- Antibiotic-associated diarrhea,
- pseudomembranous colitis,
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome,
- neonatal drug withdrawal
Drugs that commonly cause diarrhea[2]
- Gastrointestinal drugs
- Magnesium containing antacids
- Laxatives
- Cisapride
- Olsalazine
- Cardiac drugs
- Antibiotics
- Chemotherapeutic agents
- Hypolipidemic agents
- Neuropsychiatric drugs
- Others
References
- ↑ Manning AP, Thompson WG, Heaton KW, Morris AF (1978). "Towards positive diagnosis of the irritable bowel". Br Med J. 2 (6138): 653–4. PMC 1607467. PMID 698649.
- ↑ Branski D, Lerner A, Lebenthal E (1996). "Chronic diarrhea and malabsorption". Pediatr Clin North Am. 43 (2): 307–31. PMID 8614603.