Chronic diarrhea causes
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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 diarhhea include; chronic bacteria, 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).
Causes
Watery diarrhea
- Osmotic diarrhea
- Mg2+, PO43-, SO42- ingestion
- Carbohydrate malabsorption
- Secretory diarrhea
- Laxative abuse (nonosmotic laxatives)
- Congenital syndromes
- Bacterial toxins
- Ileal bile acid malabsorption
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Crohn’s disease
- Microscopic (lymphocytic and collagenous) colitis
- Diverticulitis
- Vasculitis
- Drugs and poisons
- Disordered motility
- Postvagotomy diarrhea
- Postsympathectomy diarrhea
- Diabetic autonomic neuropathy
- Hyperthyroidism
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Neuroendocrine tumors
- Gastrinoma
- VIPoma
- Somatostatinoma
- Mastocytosis
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Medullary carcinoma of thyroid
- Neoplasia
- Colon carcinoma
- Lymphoma
- Villous adenoma
- Addison’s disease
- Epidemic secretory diarrhea
- Idiopathic secretory diarrhea
Fatty diarrhea Malabsorption syndromes Mucosal diseases Short-bowel syndrome Postresection diarrhea Mesenteric ischemia Maldigestion Pancreatic insufficiency Bile acid deficiency Inflammatory diarrhea Inflammatory bowel disease Ulcerative colitis Crohn’s disease Diverticulitis Ulcerative jejunoileitis Infectious diseases Ulcerating viral infections Cytomegalovirus Herpes simplex Ischemic colitis Radiation colitis Neoplasia Colon cancer Lymphoma
Causes by organ system
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
List the causes of the disease in alphabetical order.