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[edit] Serious Disease?

Article lists Montezuma's Revenge as a serious disease of which diarrhea is a symptom? This doesn't sound correct... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.95.80.227 (talk) 20:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Another cause?

I thought that withdrawal (specifically from opiates) would be mentioned in this article, since it is so frequently observed when discontinuing long-term use. *Vendetta* (whois talk edits) 18:21, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of causes of diarrhea

I started a list called List of causes of diarrhea. Example of use... "diagnosis may involve searching for other causes of diarrhea" Judging from my gastro textbook, it may get long. Edits/comments/help welcome. Gastro guy 02:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Treatments? Anyone?

There are more than enough reasons why you get diarrhea (virus, etc.), or potential laxatives like prunes or fiber, that can help soften stool and when taken in excess will cause diarrhea, but what about food you can eat to firm your stool up? There is a section on taking electrolytes but that only helps with the dehydration diarrhea causes, not counter the effects of laxatives and such. I heard eating dried blueberries can help, but never tried it and can not find any resources to confirm it. Imodium and Kaopectate are medicines, what about natural stuff, foods etc. that will help? Billy Nair 03:14, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

See BRAT diet. --Una Smith (talk) 02:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Also in the article please mention why just eating some thickener won't work. Jidanni (talk) 16:30, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

They will be digested.--GrahamColmTalk 16:54, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
  • P.S. The diarrhea serves important purposes: it removes the pathogenic bacteria, viruses, parasites and toxins rapidly from the gut. Imodium has its role, (i.e. on a long haul flight!), but it is not a cure for diarrhea. To a microbiologist, the diarrhea itself is the cure.--GrahamColmTalk 15:35, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Language

Someone please pick one term to use in this article to refer to the gastrointestinal tract: terms in use now include digestive tract, GI tract, gut, intestines, and this variety is confusing to anyone who does not know they mean the same thing. --Una Smith (talk) 02:27, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Diorite should redirect here.

Diorite should redirect to Diarrhea. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.162.58.225 (talk) 07:42, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Diorite is a type of rock, and already has its own article. Gh5046 (talk) 20:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wording

Re this sentence: "Medicines that are available without a doctor's prescription include loperamide (Imodium) and bismuth subsalicylate Pepto Bismol and Kaopectate[7]"

The two "and"s seem odd. Should it say:

"Medicines that are available without a doctor's prescription include loperamide (Imodium), bismuth subsalicylate, Pepto Bismol and Kaopectate[7]"

Wanderer57 (talk) 06:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Good redirects

The biggest problem with Wikipedia is that its software is not intelligent to correct spelling mistakes and guess the right word when a keyword with wrong spellings is entered. Today I used "Direa" and was redirected to Diarrhea which I was actually looking for. I just want to appreciate this redirect and say that such redirects should be encouraged where real spellings are so hard to remember or to even guess. Thanks! DrAjitParkash (talk) 03:06, 13 April 2008 (UTC)