Diarrhea Side Effects

Diarrhea can be described as the passage of frequent stool, unformed or liquid in consistency, through either the body’s natural (anus) or diverted (ostomy) opening. It is more of a symptom, rather than a disease, where a person experiences an increase in the frequency of bowel movements, along with looseness of stools. Diarrhea can be acute or chronic in nature. The diarrhea that lasts from a few days up to a week is called acute diarrhea and one that lasts for more than three weeks is called chronic diarrhea. It can be caused due a number of reasons, which mainly include bacterial infection, viral infection, food intolerances or allergies, parasites, reaction to medications, intestinal disease such as inflammatory bowel disease, functional bowel disorder such as irritable bowel syndrome and surgery on stomach or gall bladder. Read on further to know the side effects of diarrhea.