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==Overview==
==Overview==
Depending on the socio economic status of the population, chronic diarrhea can be caused by several factors. In a developing nation, the most likely causes of chronic diarrhea include; [[Mycobacterium|mycobacterial]] and [[parasitic infections]] and less likely to include functional disorders such as [[malabsorption]] and [[Inflammatory bowel disease|inflammatory bowel diseases]]. In a developed nation however, the most likely cause of diarrhea include; [[irritable bowel syndrome]] (IBS), [[inflammatory bowel disease]], [[Malabsorption syndrome|malabsorption syndromes]] (such as [[lactose intolerance]] and [[celiac disease]]), and chronic infections (particularly in patients who are [[immunocompromised]]).
Depending on the socioeconomic status of the [[population]], chronic [[diarrhea]] can be caused by several factors. In a developing nation, the most likely causes of chronic [[diarrhea]] are [[Mycobacterial infection|mycobacterial]] and [[parasitic infections]], while functional disorders such as [[malabsorption]] and [[Inflammatory bowel disease|inflammatory bowel diseases]] are less likely causes. In a developed nation, however, the most likely causes of [[diarrhea]] are [[irritable bowel syndrome]] (IBS), [[inflammatory bowel disease]], [[malabsorption]] syndromes (such as [[lactose intolerance]] and [[celiac disease]]), and chronic [[infections]] (particularly in patients who are [[immunocompromised]]).
 
==Causes==
===Life threatening causes===
===Life threatening causes===
There are no life-threatening causes of chronic diarrhea, however complications resulting from untreated chronic diarrhea is common.
There are no life-threatening causes of chronic [[diarrhea]]; however, complications resulting from untreated chronic [[diarrhea]] are common.


===Common causes===
===Common causes===
 
There following are some of the common causes of chronic [[diarrhea]]:<ref name="pmid20417725">{{cite journal| author=Jamma S, Rubio-Tapia A, Kelly CP, Murray J, Najarian R, Sheth S et al.| title=Celiac crisis is a rare but serious complication of celiac disease in adults. | journal=Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol | year= 2010 | volume= 8 | issue= 7 | pages= 587-90 | pmid=20417725 | doi=10.1016/j.cgh.2010.04.009 | pmc=2900539 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20417725  }} </ref><ref name="pmid698649">{{cite journal| author=Manning AP, Thompson WG, Heaton KW, Morris AF| title=Towards positive diagnosis of the irritable bowel. | journal=Br Med J | year= 1978 | volume= 2 | issue= 6138 | pages= 653-4 | pmid=698649 | doi= | pmc=1607467 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=698649  }} </ref><ref name="pmid381094">{{cite journal| author=Mekhjian HS, Switz DM, Melnyk CS, Rankin GB, Brooks RK| title=Clinical features and natural history of Crohn's disease. | journal=Gastroenterology | year= 1979 | volume= 77 | issue= 4 Pt 2 | pages= 898-906 | pmid=381094 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=381094 }} </ref><ref name="pmid16151544">{{cite journal| author=Silverberg MS, Satsangi J, Ahmad T, Arnott ID, Bernstein CN, Brant SR et al.| title=Toward an integrated clinical, molecular and serological classification of inflammatory bowel disease: report of a Working Party of the 2005 Montreal World Congress of Gastroenterology. | journal=Can J Gastroenterol | year= 2005 | volume= 19 Suppl A | issue=  | pages= 5A-36A | pmid=16151544 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16151544  }} </ref><ref name="pmid7615277">{{cite journal| author=Veress B, Löfberg R, Bergman L| title=Microscopic colitis syndrome. | journal=Gut | year= 1995 | volume= 36 | issue= 6 | pages= 880-6 | pmid=7615277 | doi= | pmc=1382626 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7615277  }} </ref> 
*'''[[Celiac disease|Malabsorption]]'''<ref name="pmid20417725">{{cite journal| author=Jamma S, Rubio-Tapia A, Kelly CP, Murray J, Najarian R, Sheth S et al.| title=Celiac crisis is a rare but serious complication of celiac disease in adults. | journal=Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol | year= 2010 | volume= 8 | issue= 7 | pages= 587-90 | pmid=20417725 | doi=10.1016/j.cgh.2010.04.009 | pmc=2900539 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20417725  }} </ref>   
*'''[[Celiac disease|Malabsorption]]'''
**[[Cystic fibrosis]]
**[[Cystic fibrosis]]
**[[celiac disease|Celiac disease]]
**[[celiac disease|Celiac disease]]
**[[Disaccharidase|Disaccharidase deficiency]]
**[[Disaccharidase|Disaccharidase deficiency]]
*'''[[Irritable bowel syndrome]]'''<ref name="pmid698649">{{cite journal| author=Manning AP, Thompson WG, Heaton KW, Morris AF| title=Towards positive diagnosis of the irritable bowel. | journal=Br Med J | year= 1978 | volume= 2 | issue= 6138 | pages= 653-4 | pmid=698649 | doi= | pmc=1607467 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=698649  }} </ref>
*'''[[Irritable bowel syndrome]]'''
*[[Inflammatory bowel disease|'''Inflammatory bowel disease''']]
*[[Inflammatory bowel disease|'''Inflammatory bowel disease''']]
**[[Crohn's disease|Crohn disease]]<ref name="pmid381094">{{cite journal| author=Mekhjian HS, Switz DM, Melnyk CS, Rankin GB, Brooks RK| title=Clinical features and natural history of Crohn's disease. | journal=Gastroenterology | year= 1979 | volume= 77 | issue= 4 Pt 2 | pages= 898-906 | pmid=381094 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=381094  }} </ref>
**[[Crohn's disease|Crohn disease]]
**[[ulcerative colitis|Ulcerative colitis]]<ref name="pmid16151544">{{cite journal| author=Silverberg MS, Satsangi J, Ahmad T, Arnott ID, Bernstein CN, Brant SR et al.| title=Toward an integrated clinical, molecular and serological classification of inflammatory bowel disease: report of a Working Party of the 2005 Montreal World Congress of Gastroenterology. | journal=Can J Gastroenterol | year= 2005 | volume= 19 Suppl A | issue=  | pages= 5A-36A | pmid=16151544 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16151544  }} </ref>
**[[ulcerative colitis|Ulcerative colitis]]
* '''[[Microscopic colitis]]'''<ref name="pmid7615277">{{cite journal| author=Veress B, Löfberg R, Bergman L| title=Microscopic colitis syndrome. | journal=Gut | year= 1995 | volume= 36 | issue= 6 | pages= 880-6 | pmid=7615277 | doi= | pmc=1382626 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7615277  }} </ref>
* '''[[Microscopic colitis]]'''
 
*'''Gastrointestinal infections'''
**[[Viruses]] 
**[[Bacteria]] 
**[[Parasites|Parasites]]
**[[Giardiasis]]
*'''Anatomic abnormalities'''  
*'''Anatomic abnormalities'''  
**[[Intussusception]]  
**[[Intussusception]]  
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*'''Endocrine diarrhea'''  
*'''Endocrine diarrhea'''  
**[[Addison's disease|Addison disease]]  
**[[Addison's disease]]  
**[[carcinoid tumors]]  
**[[Carcinoid tumors]]  
**[[VIPoma|Vipoma]]  
**[[VIPoma|Vipoma]]  
**[[gastrinoma]] ([[Zollinger-Ellison syndrome]])  
**[[Gastrinoma]] ([[Zollinger-Ellison syndrome]])  
**[[mastocytosis]]  or increased motility
**[[Mastocytosis]]  or increased motility
**[[hyperthyroidism]]  
**[[Hyperthyroidism]]  


*'''Infectious enteritis or colitis (diarrhea not associated with C. difficile)'''  
*'''Infectious enteritis or colitis (diarrhea not associated with ''C. difficile'')'''  
**[[bacterial gastroenteritis]]  
**[[Bacterial gastroenteritis]]  
**[[viral gastroenteritis]]  
**[[Viral gastroenteritis]]  
**[[amebic dysentery]]  
**[[Amebic dysentery]]  


*'''[[Ischemic colitis]]'''
*'''[[Ischemic colitis]]'''
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*'''Miscellaneous'''  
*'''Miscellaneous'''  
**Antibiotic-associated diarrhea  
**Antibiotic-associated diarrhea  
**[[pseudomembranous colitis]]  
**[[Pseudomembranous colitis]]  
**[[Hemolytic-uremic syndrome|Hemolytic uremic syndrome]]  
**[[Hemolytic-uremic syndrome|Hemolytic uremic syndrome]]  
**[[neonatal drug withdrawal]]
**[[Neonatal drug withdrawal]]


===Drugs that commonly cause diarrhea<ref name="pmid8614603">{{cite journal| author=Branski D, Lerner A, Lebenthal E| title=Chronic diarrhea and malabsorption. | journal=Pediatr Clin North Am | year= 1996 | volume= 43 | issue= 2 | pages= 307-31 | pmid=8614603 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8614603  }} </ref><ref name="pmid28407743">{{cite journal| author=Kroschinsky F, Stölzel F, von Bonin S, Beutel G, Kochanek M, Kiehl M et al.| title=New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management. | journal=Crit Care | year= 2017 | volume= 21 | issue= 1 | pages= 89 | pmid=28407743 | doi=10.1186/s13054-017-1678-1 | pmc=5391608 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28407743  }} </ref><ref name="pmid28027072">{{cite journal| author=Philip NA, Ahmed N, Pitchumoni CS| title=Spectrum of Drug-induced Chronic Diarrhea. | journal=J Clin Gastroenterol | year= 2017 | volume= 51 | issue= 2 | pages= 111-117 | pmid=28027072 | doi=10.1097/MCG.0000000000000752 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28027072  }} </ref>===
===Drugs that commonly cause diarrhea<ref name="pmid8614603">{{cite journal| author=Branski D, Lerner A, Lebenthal E| title=Chronic diarrhea and malabsorption. | journal=Pediatr Clin North Am | year= 1996 | volume= 43 | issue= 2 | pages= 307-31 | pmid=8614603 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8614603  }} </ref><ref name="pmid28407743">{{cite journal| author=Kroschinsky F, Stölzel F, von Bonin S, Beutel G, Kochanek M, Kiehl M et al.| title=New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management. | journal=Crit Care | year= 2017 | volume= 21 | issue= 1 | pages= 89 | pmid=28407743 | doi=10.1186/s13054-017-1678-1 | pmc=5391608 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28407743  }} </ref><ref name="pmid28027072">{{cite journal| author=Philip NA, Ahmed N, Pitchumoni CS| title=Spectrum of Drug-induced Chronic Diarrhea. | journal=J Clin Gastroenterol | year= 2017 | volume= 51 | issue= 2 | pages= 111-117 | pmid=28027072 | doi=10.1097/MCG.0000000000000752 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28027072  }} </ref>===
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Overview

Depending on the socioeconomic status of the population, chronic diarrhea can be caused by several factors. In a developing nation, the most likely causes of chronic diarrhea are mycobacterial and parasitic infections, while functional disorders such as malabsorption and inflammatory bowel diseases are less likely causes. In a developed nation, however, the most likely causes of diarrhea are irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease, malabsorption syndromes (such as lactose intolerance and celiac disease), and chronic infections (particularly in patients who are immunocompromised).

Causes

Life threatening causes

There are no life-threatening causes of chronic diarrhea; however, complications resulting from untreated chronic diarrhea are common.

Common causes

There following are some of the common causes of chronic diarrhea:[1][2][3][4][5]

Drugs that commonly cause diarrhea[6][7][8]

References

  1. Jamma S, Rubio-Tapia A, Kelly CP, Murray J, Najarian R, Sheth S; et al. (2010). "Celiac crisis is a rare but serious complication of celiac disease in adults". Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 8 (7): 587–90. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2010.04.009. PMC 2900539. PMID 20417725.
  2. Manning AP, Thompson WG, Heaton KW, Morris AF (1978). "Towards positive diagnosis of the irritable bowel". Br Med J. 2 (6138): 653–4. PMC 1607467. PMID 698649.
  3. Mekhjian HS, Switz DM, Melnyk CS, Rankin GB, Brooks RK (1979). "Clinical features and natural history of Crohn's disease". Gastroenterology. 77 (4 Pt 2): 898–906. PMID 381094.
  4. Silverberg MS, Satsangi J, Ahmad T, Arnott ID, Bernstein CN, Brant SR; et al. (2005). "Toward an integrated clinical, molecular and serological classification of inflammatory bowel disease: report of a Working Party of the 2005 Montreal World Congress of Gastroenterology". Can J Gastroenterol. 19 Suppl A: 5A–36A. PMID 16151544.
  5. Veress B, Löfberg R, Bergman L (1995). "Microscopic colitis syndrome". Gut. 36 (6): 880–6. PMC 1382626. PMID 7615277.
  6. Branski D, Lerner A, Lebenthal E (1996). "Chronic diarrhea and malabsorption". Pediatr Clin North Am. 43 (2): 307–31. PMID 8614603.
  7. Kroschinsky F, Stölzel F, von Bonin S, Beutel G, Kochanek M, Kiehl M; et al. (2017). "New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management". Crit Care. 21 (1): 89. doi:10.1186/s13054-017-1678-1. PMC 5391608. PMID 28407743.
  8. Philip NA, Ahmed N, Pitchumoni CS (2017). "Spectrum of Drug-induced Chronic Diarrhea". J Clin Gastroenterol. 51 (2): 111–117. doi:10.1097/MCG.0000000000000752. PMID 28027072.

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