Bowel Surgery

Abdominal (or other) surgery may trigger irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), derange the normal gut flora or cause a bowel infection, all of which may result in diarrhea.

Dumping Syndrome (Rapid Gastric Emptying)

Within 6 months after a partial or complete surgical removal of the stomach or damage of its exit (pylorus), rapid stomach emptying may develop: undigested food from the stomach quickly entering the duodenum may drag water from intestinal vessels into intestinal hollow and 10-60 minutes after a meal the following symptoms may appear: nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, dizziness and rapid heartbeat.

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White Diarrhea Due to Gallstones

Normally, bile, produced in the liver, is temporarily stored in the gallbladder and from there, after a fatty meal, expelled into the duodenum.

Gallbladder stones may press on the main bile duct and obstruct it from the outside, thus preventing the bile flow into the duodenum. A small gallstone may move from the gallbladder into the main bile duct, thus obstructing it from the inside. Symptoms of bile duct obstruction include one or more of the following:

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