Diarrhea is when a person has three or more unformed or watery stools in a 24-hour period. It often affects older people and those with Alzheimer’s disease. Call 911 or take your loved one to the ...

What Is Diarrhea With Mucus? Your intestines normally produce mucus to keep your colon moist. Mucus has the consistency of jelly. A small amount of mucus in your poop is normal, but sometimes it could ...

Nobody likes diarrhea. But is the icky and uncomfortable experience actually the body's way of flushing bad stuff out of your system? In a new study in mice, researchers set out to answer the question ...

Dehydration is a common complication of diarrhea. Short bouts of diarrhea rarely cause concerns. But long lasting or severe diarrhea can lead to serious complications, especially for children and ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by abdominal pain and altered bowel habits in the absence of demonstrable structural and biochemical ...

Sorbitol in sugar-free gum can cause diarrhea if you consume it in excess. You can expect diarrhea from sorbitol to last about 1-3 days after you stop consuming it. Chewing more than one pack of gum ...

Working with human stem cells that form a kind of 'mini intestine-in-a-dish,' scientists say they have found several molecular mechanisms for COVID-19-related diarrhea, suggesting potential ways to ...

Plants with a long history of use as topical analgesics by Native Americans may also be helpful against diarrhea. The corresponding study was published in Frontiers in Physiology by researchers led by ...

A $46 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop new treatments for severe diarrhea will focus much of its initial support on potential, new drugs discovered at UCSF. Diarrhea ...