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What diarrhea is characterized by blood and leukocytes and is of low volume.
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Inflammatory diarrhea. Diseases causing it are Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and IBD.
Pathogens causing it are Shigella, campylobacter jejuni, and Entamoeba histolytica. |
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What diarrhea is characterized by loss of isotonic fluid, high volume, no inflammation in bowel mucosa. With a stool osmotic gap of <50 mOsm/Kg.
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Secretory Diarrhea.
Causes: Laxatives, production of enterotoxins that stimulate Cl channels, increased serotonin from carcinoid, Vibrio Cholera and enterotoxigenic E Coli. |
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What diarrhea is characterized by a osmotically active substance drawing fluids out of the body, high volume, no inflammation, and a stool osmotic gap >100 mOsm/Kg.
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Osmotic Diarrhea.
Causes: Laxatives containing Magnesium sulfate. Disaccharidase deficiency, "stunned Gut" in Giardiasis. |
