Acute and Chronic Diarrhea Final - Handout

Overflow diarrhea Liquid stool flowing around hard (often impacted) stool in sigmoid colon or rectum Tenesmus Frequent urge to defecate with no or small amount of stool or mucus Acute diarrhea Duration of diarrhea is less than 2 weeks Persistent diarrhea Duration of diarrhea > 2 but < 4 weeks Chronic diarrhea Duration of diarrhea > 4 weeks ................
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