Celiac Disease
Celiac disease is common, affecting approximately 1 in 100 people, yet it remains underdiagnosed. This article reviews our current understanding of celiac disease, diagnosis, and common pitfalls. Although the cornerstone…
Diarrhea Caused By Carbohydrate Malabsorption
This article will focus on the role of the colon in the pathogenesis of diarrhea in carbohydrate malabsorption or physiologically incomplete absorption of carbohydrates, and on the most common manifestation…
Functional Diarrhea
Chronic diarrhea is a frequent and challenging problem in clinical medicine. In a considerable subgroup of these, no underlying cause is identified and this is referred to as functional diarrhea….
Diarrhea Caused By Circulating Agents
Circulating agents cause intestinal secretion or changes in motility with decreased intestinal transit time, resulting in secretory-type diarrhea. Secretory diarrhea as opposed to osmotic diarrhea is characterized by large-volume, watery…
Bacterial Flora as a Cause or Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea
Intestinal microflora can be considered an organ of the body. It has several functions in the human gut, mostly metabolic and immunologic, and constantly interacts with the intestinal mucosa in…
Colorectal Normal Histology and Histopathologic Findings in Patients with Chronic Diarrhea
Collagenous and lymphocytic colitis are common causes of chronic watery diarrhea that are characterized by distinct histopathologic abnormalities without endoscopically visible lesions and are summarized as microscopic colitis. Several variants…
The Practical Value of Comprehensive Stool Analysis in Detecting the Cause of Idiopathic Chronic Diarrhea
The practical diagnostic value of fecal analysis in the evaluation of patients with chronic nonbloody diarrhea is controversial. It is possible that variations in its value depend on how it…
Chronic Diarrheal Disorders
Heinz F. Hammer, MD Guest Editor Chronic diarrhea is defined as more than 3 bowel movements, or loose stools, for at least 4 weeks. Population-based studies from the Mayo Clinic…
