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The [[risk factors]] of [[chronic diarrhea]] can be assessed based on | The [[risk factors]] of [[chronic diarrhea]] can be assessed based on [[epidemiological]] associations and the [[patient]]'s characteristics. Some of these factors can be classified based on [[Traveler's diarrhea|travel history]], [[epidemics]] and [[outbreaks]], patients with [[AIDS|acquired immune deficiency syndrome]], and whether the [[patients]] are institutionalized or hospitalized. | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
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*Travel | *Travel | ||
**Bacterial infection (mostly acute) | **Bacterial infection (mostly acute) | ||
**[[Protozoan infection|Protozoal infections]] ( | **[[Protozoan infection|Protozoal infections]] (e.g. [[amoebiasis]], [[giardiasis]]) | ||
**[[Tropical sprue]] | **[[Tropical sprue]] | ||
*[[Genetics]] | *[[Genetics]] | ||
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**Altered [[motility]] (increased or decreased) | **Altered [[motility]] (increased or decreased) | ||
**[[Pancreatic insufficiency|Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency]] | **[[Pancreatic insufficiency|Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency]] | ||
**[[Small Bowel Obstruction| | **[[Small Bowel Obstruction|Small intestinal bowel obstruction]] | ||
**[[Drugs]] (especially [[acarbose]], [[metformin]]) | **[[Drugs]] (especially [[acarbose]], [[metformin]]) | ||
*Patients with [[acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]] | *Patients with [[acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]] | ||
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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
The risk factors of chronic diarrhea can be assessed based on epidemiological associations and the patient's characteristics. Some of these factors can be classified based on travel history, epidemics and outbreaks, patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and whether the patients are institutionalized or hospitalized.
Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of chronic diarrhea include:[1][2]
- Travel
- Bacterial infection (mostly acute)
- Protozoal infections (e.g. amoebiasis, giardiasis)
- Tropical sprue
- Genetics
- Mutations in certain genes are associated with chronic diarrhea in inflammatory bowel diseases
- Epidemics and outbreaks
- Bacterial infection
- Epidemic idiopathic secretory diarrhea (e.g. Brainerd diarrhea)
- Protozoal infection (e.g. cryptosporidiosis)
- Viral infection (e.g. rotavirus)
- Diabetic patients
- Altered motility (increased or decreased)
- Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency
- Small intestinal bowel obstruction
- Drugs (especially acarbose, metformin)
- Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- Institutionalized and hospitalized patients
- Clostridium difficile infection
- Drug side effects
- Fecal impaction with overflow diarrhea
- Ischemic colitis
- Parenteral nutrition
References
- ↑ Schiller LR, Pardi DS, Spiller R, Semrad CE, Surawicz CM, Giannella RA; et al. (2014). "Gastro 2013 APDW/WCOG Shanghai working party report: chronic diarrhea: definition, classification, diagnosis". J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 29 (1): 6–25. doi:10.1111/jgh.12392. PMID 24117999.
- ↑ Duplessis, Christopher A.; Gutierrez, Ramiro L.; Porter, Chad K. (2017). "Review: chronic and persistent diarrhea with a focus in the returning traveler". Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines. 3 (1). doi:10.1186/s40794-017-0052-2. ISSN 2055-0936.