Diarrhea is a common symptom that can range in severity from an acute, self-limited annoyance to a .severe, life-threatening illness. Patients may use the term diarrhea to refer to increased frequency of bowel movements, increased stool liquidity, a sense of facal urgency, or facal incontinence. In the normal conditions, approximately 10 litres of fluid enters the duodenum daily, of which all about 1.5 litres are absorbed by the small instestine. The colon (large intestine) absorbs most of the remaining fluid, with only 100 ml lost in the stool. From a medical point of view, diarrhea is defined as a stool weight of more than 250 g/24 hr. In reality, quantification of stool is necessary in the case of chronic diarrhea.
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