Diarrhea is a common symptom of various medical conditions. It involves having loose, watery stools three or more times per day. Acute, or short-term, diarrhea usually lasts for a couple of days.

Diarrhea usually resolves in a couple of days, but it can sometimes continue for weeks. Persistent diarrhea can be a sign of an allergy or a chronic condition, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ...

Diarrhea is mainly characterized by loose bowel movements that may be frequent and watery. Most of the time, the condition resolves in a few days to a week. Acute diarrhea is usually self-resolving ...

Infectious diseases that do not primarily affect the gastrointestinal tract can cause severe diarrhea. The pathogenesis of this kind of diarrhea includes cytokine action, intestinal inflammation, ...

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Diarrheal diseases are the third leading cause of disease and death in children younger than 5 years of age in Africa and were responsible for an estimated 30 million cases of severe diarrhea (95% ...

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.

When you have diarrhea, it's recommended that you eat a short-term diet of bland, "binding" foods, such as potatoes, to ease symptoms. One of the most familiar is the BRAT diet (which stands for ...