What is frequent diarrhea?


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Frequent diarrhea, more than three times a day, or the total amount of feces per day is greater than 200 grams, of which the water content of feces is greater than 80%, can be considered diarrhea. Diarrhea can be divided into acute and chronic, more than two months, is chronic diarrhea. Acute diarrhea is more common in intestinal diseases such as viral bacterial infection caused by enteritis and hemorrhagic necrotic enteritis. In addition, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis acute attack can also cause diarrhea. Chronic diarrhea includes digestive system diseases, including stomach diseases, such as chronic atrophic gastritis, gastric acid deficiency after gastrectomy, intestinal infections, such as intestinal tuberculosis, chronic bacterial dysentery, chronic amoebiasis, etc. Non-characteristic intestinal infections, such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, malabsorption syndrome, intestinal tumors, such as colon cancer, chronic pancreatitis, etc.