Diarrhea causes

Diarrhea in the 14 days called persistent diarrhea

INFECTIOUS  NON - INFLAMMATORY DIARRHEAS 

Diarrhea is a deviation from normal intestinal movements are characterized by increased stool frequency or liquidity, or both, often accompanied by an abnormal increase in stool weight per day (200 grams / day). It is classified as acute if the onset occurred within 14 days. Diarrhea in the 14 days called persistent, and beyond 30 days, is considered chronic. Diarrhea can be  recurrent diarrhea, infectious and noninfectious diarrhea, inflammatory diarrhea, which causes inflammation of the colon and diarrhea that are not lit noninflamatory colon.

There are different clinical settings where patients are more at risk than the general population of developing diarrhea. Babies in day care have an increased risk of infection by rotavirus, Giardia lamblia, and Campylobacter. Although HIV / AIDS patients may have atypical infections are most often infected with pathogens such as Escherichia coli usual. Cryptosporidiosis, Isospora belli, herpes simplex, Chlamydia trachomatis, Clostridium difficile, Shigella and other types of infection causes diarrhea in AIDS patients. Travelers are at risk from the bacterium E. enterotoxigenic E. coli, Rotavirus, Salmonella and Shigella.

Inflammatory diarrhea is suspected when patients present with acute diarrhea accompanied by bloody stools, fever, tenesmus, or abdominal pain. If the inflammation is in the colon, the stool is frequent and small in volume, whereas diarrhea due to small bowel inflammation is usually high in volume. In either case, stool leukocytosis is present, with more leukocytes the more distal the inflammation, as a rule. Infectious causes of inflammatory diarrhea include Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, enterohemorrhagic E. coli, enteroinvasive E. coli, C. difficile, Entamoeba histolytica, and Yersinia. When inflammatory diarrhea is recurrent, noninfectious etiology should be suspected, such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and radiation or ischemic colitis.

inflammatory diarrhea characterized by watery stools that may exceed 1 liter in volume, without symptoms suggestive of inflammation. It is caused by bacteria such as Vibrio cholerae, E coli and Staphylococcus food poisoning and Clostridium, viruses such as rotavirus and Norwalk virus and protozoa such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia. enterotoxins Many of these organizations and the development of interfering with the mechanism of absorption or secretion of diarrhea in the intestine, causing.

TRAVELER'S DIARRHEA 

People traveling in Asia, Africa and South and Central America 20 to 50% experience sudden onset of stomach cramps, loss of appetite and diarrhea. The disease usually begins within 3-5 days of arrival, containated associated with eating food or water, it takes 1-5 days, mostly due to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, subsalicylates bismuth can be used preventively. Liquefaction is usually adequate treatment, but if desired, 1-3 days during the fluoroquinolones can reduce the duration of illness is 24-36 hours. Antimotility agents can control diarrhea.