Medically reviewed by Shadi Hamdeh, MD Diarrhea is usually contagious when it is acute, meaning it comes on suddenly. Acute ...

[5] HIV-related diarrhea can be both acute or chronic. Although chronic diarrhea in these patients may be due to infectious agents (as discussed above), often no definitive infectious cause is found.

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 ...

However, persistent and chronic diarrhea that’s accompanied by abdominal pain may be a sign of an underlying health condition that requires medical treatment. Keep reading to learn more about ...

Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut ...

Laura Gaylord, DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition) shares the role of diet trials in chronic enteropathy patients during her lecture at ...

A new large-scale study co-led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators provides the strongest ...

Gastroenteritis is the most common cause of diarrhoea. Chronic diarrhoea is a symptom of several conditions, including ulcerative colitis and coeliac disease.

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 ...