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DIARRHEA
KHOI TRAN, M.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
GASTROENTEROLOGY DIVISION
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
NON-INFLAMMATORY INFLAMMATORY
USUALLY VIRAL OR TOXINS INVASIVE BACTERIA
PROMOTE INTESTINAL SECRETION DISRUPT MUCOSA.
LARGE VOLUME, NONBLOODY FEVER, PAIN, LOW VOL, BLOODY.
NO FECAL LEUKOCYTES FECAL LEUKOCYTES.
E. COLI, STAPH, GIARDIA, VIBRIO, SALMONELLA, CAMPYLOBACTER,
BACILLUS CEREUS, C. PERFRINGENS, SHIGELLA, E. COLI, C. DIFF.
CLUES TO DX OF ACUTE DIARRHEA
FUNCTIONAL—IBS
SECRETORY—MICROSCOPIC, BILE ACID, POSTOP DUMPING
INFLAMMATORY—IBD
PARASITE—GIARDIA
MALABSORPTION—PANCREATIC INSUFF, CELIAC, SIBO.
MEDICATIONS—OSMOTIC/SECRETORY.
**HISTORY ACCURACY IS CRITICAL.
**MOST PRACTICAL TO CHARACTERIZE TYPE BEFORE TESTING AND TREATING.
KEY ELEMENTS IN THE HISTORY:
FUNCTIONAL—IBS
SECRETORY—MICROSCOPIC, BILE ACID, POSTOP DUMPING
INFLAMMATORY—IBD
PARASITE—GIARDIA
MALABSORPTION—PANCREATIC INSUFF, CELIAC, SIBO.
MEDICATIONS—OSMOTIC/SECRETORY.
**HISTORY ACCURACY IS CRITICAL.
**MOST PRACTICAL TO CHARACTERIZE TYPE BEFORE TESTING AND TREATING.