Types of Chronic Diarrhea
Purpose: | To evaluate a patient with chronic diarrhea by characterizing the patient's stool. |
Specialty: | Gastroenterology |
Objective: | clinical diagnosis, including family history for genetics, differential diagnosis and mimics, red flags |
ICD-10: | A09, K59.1 |
Description: | The cause of a chronic diarrhea may be difficult to identify if the cause is not immediately obvious. Initial analysis can separate the stool into 1 of 4 different types, which can help limit and guide further evaluation. |
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