What Causes Diarrhea

Posted by Healthy Natural Life on Monday, November 13, 2017

What Causes Diarrhea - When a person has diarrhea, the stool becomes dilute because of the amount of fluid secreted into the intestine. Or vice versa, fluid in the intestines can not be absorbed and circulated throughout the body. This condition is influenced by many factors that can also make diarrhea lasted short or long.

Short (short-term) diarrhea may be caused by:


Bacterial infections can also cause food poisoning (campylobacter, clostridum difficile, escherichia coli, salmonella, and shigella).
Viral infection (rotavirus and norovirus).
The intestinalis giardia parasite.
Appendicitis.
Food allergies.
Damage to the intestinal lining due to radiotherapy.
Psychological problems (eg anxiety disorders).
Foods that contain artificial sweeteners.
Fructose intolerance (a natural sweetener in honey and fruits) and lactose intolerance (in milk and similar products).
Excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Drug side effects (statins, chemotherapy drugs, laxatives, antibiotics, magnesium-containing antacids, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor drugs / SSRIs, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs / NSAIDs).
While long-term diarrhea (long-term) is usually caused by:

Crohn's disease, inflammation of the lining of the digestive system.
Ulcerative colitis, a condition that affects the large intestine.
Irritable bowel syndrome or disruption of normal bowel function.
Celiac disease or disease that causes the body to reject gluren protein.
Microscopic colitis or a type of inflammatory bowel disease that causes watery diarrhea.
Cystic fibrosis or a hereditary disease that affects the lungs and digestive system.
Bowel cancer.
Chronic pancreatitis.
Side effects of abdominal removal (gastrectomy).


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