Chronic Diarrhea

Chronic form of diarrhea is defined as evacuation of stool more than 2 or 3 times a day and long lasting for a period of more than two weeks.

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It goes mild in some people and is very serious in many people. Appropriate diagnosis and treatment is very essential in treating this condition.

Otherwise, it is a life threatening one particularly in people who have weak immunity. More over, it exerts an influence on life quality and overall health.
Chronic diarrhea is caused by several causes and it may be from infections and other organic conditions. They may differ from children and adults.

Symptoms of Diarrhea

Diarrhoia the Greek word meaning “flowing through” and it is now called as “diarrhea”.

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Diarrhea can be defined in many ways. 1. Frequent and unusual bowel movement with watery evacuations of fecal matter. 2. Decreased consistency resulting in frequent movement of bowel and watery stool.3. Increased bowel movement and at the other hand decrease in the stool movement. 4. It is just opposite to constipation in movement of bowel and nature of stool formation.

Normal frequency of evacuation may be three times a day and accepted average weight of fecal matter is 300 grams per day.  The frequency more than 3 times and weights more than 300gms comes under the category of diarrhea. In diarrhea the weight gain of the stool is obtained by the stool by having more parts of water.  Diarrhea must be distinguished from hyper defecation. Diarrhea may arise either by infectious or non-infectious causes.

Acute Diarrhea

Watery or even semi solid stool evacuation more than two or three times a day can be considered as diarrhea.

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Sudden on set of this condition and disappearance within a period of two weeks can be classified as acute one. In some of the cases it requires no treatment. Every adult is coming across this type of diarrhea in their adult life and especially children too.

Diarrhea is caused by so many factors and it is mainly because of the viral or bacterial infection. In some of the cases it is not possible to diagnose since it vanishes within a short period. Generally the symptom starts from 8 hrs and within 3 days after taking an infected food either in solid or liquid form. This disorder usually lasts for 3 to 7 days. Diarrhea is not only pertaining to infection but also caused by several causes like anti-biotic side effects, food allergies and in certain gastro-intestinal conditions like irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel syndrome.

Often, a mild form of this disease is en-countered and in such cases the patient feels somewhat well and they will have only 2 to 3 time evacuation per day with no serious effects.

Diarrhea

Diarrhea is a Greek word meaning “flowing through” and it is now called as “diarrhea”.

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Diarrhea can be defined in many ways. 1. Frequent and unusual bowel movement with watery evacuations of fecal matter. 2. Decreased consistency resulting in frequent movement of bowel and watery stool.3. Increased bowel movement and decrease in the form of stool.4. It is just opposite to constipation in movement of bowel and nature of stool formation.

Normal frequency of evacuation may be three times a day and accepted average weight of fecal matter is 300 grams per day. The frequency more than 3 times and weights more than 300gms comes under the category of diarrhea.

In diarrhea the weight gain of the stool is obtained by the stool by having more parts of water. Diarrhea must be distinguished from hyper defecation. Diarrhea may arise either by infectious or non-infectious causes.

Diarrhea is classified based on the duration of the disease one is called acute form and it lasts for one or two weeks. Another one is called as chronic form and it lasts for more than two weeks to several months. Acute form is commonly caused by viral and bacterial infection.

Diarrhea in Children

Diarrhea accompanying vomiting and slight elevation of body temperature is commonly caused by virus in children.

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Diarrhea in children includes other causes like foods that are not easily digestible and partially cooked food like meat and fish can also cause diarrhea. Generally diarrhea affecting children goes away spontaneously by helping the child with enough fluid. Anti diarrheal and any specific tests are not needed to find out the cause.

Most of the children are affected only by short period diarrhea (acute type). Rotavirus is the one common virus affecting children usually below two years. Other common viruses are Norwalk and adenovirus.The main symptom of the rotavirus diarrhea is watery stool, fever, vomiting, and stomach pain. The usual transmission of this virus is through fecal-oral route.  Diarrhea lasts up to two weeks and the associated symptoms disappear within few days. No effective medication is available so far but it is controlled by preventing dehydration. There are tests to find out this virus by identifying the rotavirus antigens in the stool.

Diarrhea referred to a condition in which, you pass on loose semi-liquid stools more than two to three times in one day. You may also have abdominal pain, bloating, nausea and an uncontrollable bowel movement.

There are multiple causes of diarrhea that include microbes, prescribed medicines, food intolerance and some diseases that affect the digestive system and some unknown causes. Acute diarrhea is normal medical condition that every one of us has suffered in life at any stage. It usually lasts for one or two days and can be cured with little preventions, without the use of any special treatment. This type of diarrhea usually occurs due to food intolerance or bacteria.

Chronic diarrhea sometime indicates toward a serious chronic disease. Worst affect of diarrhea is dehydration. It’s a condition in which body doesn’t work properly due to the lack of fluids. Dehydration is too dangerous for kids and old people, and it needs an immediately response to avoid other health issue.

Although diarrhea is not a life threatening condition but it can turn into serious problem in the case of carelessness. You should consult to your doctor immediately if any of these symptoms is expressed: severe pain in your abdomen or rectum, high fever, blood in stool, persistent diarrhea for three days and dehydration.

Causes of diarrhea

Acute diarrhea has generally linked to a bacterial, parasitic infection, viral or food intolerance. Whereas chronic diarrhea has been associated with functional disorders for instance IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). A few causes of diarrhea, we come across in our daily life, include the following:

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