5-Minute Clinical Consult: Diarrhea, Chronic

Diarrhea, Chronic

Description

Chronic diarrhea refers to a decrease in fecal consistency for >4 weeks:

Causes include inflammatory diarrhea, osmotic diarrhea (malabsorption), secretory diarrhea, and intestinal dysmotility
System(s) affected: Gastrointestinal

ALERT
Geriatric Considerations

Patients with lifelong diarrhea may suffer increasing difficulty with advanced age.

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