diarrhea

Overactive Bowels – Meaning, Causes and Remedies

Bowel habit varies from person to person. For some people, it is normal to pass stool twice a day. In fact, a person may feel uncomfortable and bloated if they miss even one bowel movement. For other people, a normal bowel habit may mean passing stool every other day. As long as a person passes stool between three times a >> Read More ...

Incomplete Bowel Movement and Causes of Tenesmus

Most of us have experienced instances where a bowel movement did not feel complete. We may use a range of terms to describe this type of bowel movement, including unsatisfied or incomplete. There may still be the urge to pass stool after the bowel movement and sometimes an inability to defecate despite this urging. There >> Read More ...

Stomach Flu (Bug) Causes, Duration, Symptoms, Treatment

Every person is affected by the stomach flu at some time in life. It tends to be more common among children but adults are also at risk.This type of flu is known as viral gastroenteritis. It is caused by a virus which is one type of ‘bug’. However, there are other stomach bugs apart from viruses that can also cause >> Read More ...

Diarrhea and UTI – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

The lower digestive tract and the lower urinary tract lie very close to each other and sometimes the same cause can affect both structures. This may cause symptoms like diarrhea (sign of a gastrointestinal infection) or frequent and burning urination (signs of a bladder infection) at the same time. However, it is also >> Read More ...

Menstrual Diarrhea (with Monthly Periods) Causes and Remedies

Diarrhea can arise for may different reasons. Often it is due to infections. However, when the exact cause of diarrhea cannot be conclusively identified yet it tends to arise with certain other conditions or symptoms then it may be correlated. Diarrhea that occurs during menstruation (monthly periods in females) may be >> Read More ...

Runny Stool (Bowel Movements) Causes, Diet and Treatment

The digestive system is central to proper nutrition as food consumed is gradually digested and nutrients are absorbed. Waste substances are eventually expelled as stool during a bowel movement. The pattern of these bowel movements and the consistency of stool can sometimes become abnormal, with diarrhea on one end and >> Read More ...

Bowel Movement Frequency (How Often To Pass Stool)

Bowel habit varies among individuals. Some people may pass stool more often than others. However, the are defined limits to how often a person should have a bowel movement in order for it to be considered normal. This simply means a specific bowel movement frequency that does not fall into the category of diarrhea or >> Read More ...

Anxiety Diarrhea (Nervous Diarrhea) – Causes and Treatment

The term bowel habit simply refers to the pattern of bowel movements that is normal for a person. It varies among people. Bowel habit does not remain constant throughout life. It changes with diet, lifestyle and even age. Similarly various diseases and medication may also alter bowel habit. Provided that bowel movements >> Read More ...
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