Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian ...

Background and Aims: Often a cause for chronic non-specific diarrhea (≥3 stools per day for more than 4 weeks) is not identified. Small bowel bacterial overgrowth (SBO) can occur without ...

Consecutive patients referred from 1997 to 1999 for investigation of chronic diarrhea were included in the study. Chronic diarrhea was defined as greater than 3 stools a day for at least 4 weeks.

Persistent diarrhea lasting more than four days or chronic diarrhea lasting more than four weeks may lead to other ...

More research is necessary to verify this. Chronic diarrhea involves at least three bowel movements daily and lasts for at least four weeks or longer. It may be caused by certain medications ...

It could be an infection or due to an underlying condition. Chronic diarrhea can be caused by infection, or other underlying bowel conditions. Symptoms include loose, watery stools, abdominal ...

Chronic diarrhoea could be treated using parasitic worms, according to a new study. Researchers from the New York University Langone Medical Center in a study of monkeys found that the treatment ...

Acute diarrhea most often occurs due to a viral or bacterial infection. However, medication and bowel surgery side effects, intolerances to certain foods, or chronic bowel conditions like ...