Increased intestinal absorption of water

Introduction Increased absorption of water in the intestine refers to malabsorption of the small intestine, which leads to increased absorption of water by the intestinal tract, which causes physical discomfort. Increased intestinal absorption of water can cause diarrhea. Diarrhea is a common symptom. It means that the frequency of defecation is significantly higher than the frequency of usual habits. The faecal is thin, the water is increased, the daily defecation is more than 200g, or it contains undigested food or Pus and blood, mucus. Diarrhea is often accompanied by symptoms such as urgency of bowel movements, anal discomfort, and incontinence. Diarrhea is divided into acute and chronic. The incidence of acute diarrhea is acute, and the course of disease is within 2 to 3 weeks. Chronic diarrhea refers to recurrent diarrhea with a course of disease of more than two months or intermittent within 2 to 4 weeks.

Cause

Intestinal infections or lesions, intestinal mucosal abnormalities are related, should pay attention to see the problem of edema, with or without abnormalities, the primary disease or cause of diarrhea diagnosis must be from the history, symptoms, signs, routine tests, especially feces Obtain a basis for the inspection. In many cases, a careful diagnosis can be made by careful analysis of the medical history and preliminary results of the above examinations.

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The diagnosis of the primary disease or cause of diarrhea must be based on medical history, symptoms, signs, routine tests, especially stool tests. In many cases, a careful diagnosis can be made by careful analysis of the medical history and preliminary results of the above examinations. If the diagnosis is still unclear, X-ray barium enema and barium meal examination, and/or straight and colonoscopy may be performed. If there is still no clear conclusion, ultrasound, CT, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and other image diagnosis methods should be used to check the gallbladder and pancreatic diseases, or the small intestine absorption function test, breath test, small intestine. Mucosal biopsy to check for poor intestinal absorption. Highly suspected diseases such as intestinal tuberculosis and intestinal amoebia have special treatments. If they are unable to confirm the diagnosis, they can be treated within a certain period of time.

Differential diagnosis

1. Infant acute rash: more common in children under 1 year old, children under 6 months are more common, rash often occurs before rash, some accompanied by diarrhea, but this diarrhea is easy to relieve after treatment, rash after diarrhea Symptoms, like fever, disappeared.

2. Gastrointestinal cold: more common in picky eaters, such children seem to be a little thin, tongue coating often has map tongue and flower peeling moss, if you ask the medical history carefully, parents will tell you that the previous fever will vomit and diarrhea Gastrointestinal cold, vomiting symptoms are more common, diarrhea is lighter, and often not valued.

3. Bacterial enteritis: especially in the early stage of invasive enteritis, before the appearance of pus and blood, there may be only vomiting or loose stools, some have mild fever, at this time, it is easy to be misdiagnosed, often after the treatment, parents come again You: The child is getting hot again, pulling the pus and bleeding, and having abdominal pain. In general: differential diagnosis also has a tricky way: for the identification of bacterial and viral diarrhea, age is a key, generally children under 1 year old, mainly breast milk and milk powder feeding, exposure to contaminated food is not a big chance, so Viral diarrhea is more common. Older children, who eat more complex species, are more likely to eat bacteria-contaminated foods, especially in summer and autumn, with bacterial diarrhea.

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