What Can Cause Diarrhea?

August 28, 2008 By Arun Pal Singh Leave a Comment

Osmotic Causes
- Laxative abuse
- Maldigestion of food
Infections
- Typhoid
- Cholera
- Amebiasis
- Giardiasis
- Helminthiasis
Endocrine diseases
- Thyrotoxicosis
- Diabetes
- Addison’s disease
Drugs
- Thyroxine
- Prostigmine
- Ampicillin
- Phenolphthalein
Anxiety:
- Irritable bowel syndrome
Miscellaneous
- Malignant carcinoid syndrome.

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