I had diarrhea more than ten times a day

Diarrhea refers to defecating many times in a day, in other words, going to the toilet many times. People with diarrhea usually have watery stools that are very smelly. If diarrhea is severe, it will have a great impact on human health, such as causing malnutrition, dehydration, and even high fever. So what’s the reason for having diarrhea more than ten times a day? What should we do if this happens?

Why do I have diarrhea more than ten times a day?

1. Acute diarrhea

(1) Infections include intestinal infections caused by viruses (rotavirus, norovirus, coxsackievirus, echovirus, etc.), bacteria (Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Shigella dysenteriae, Vibrio cholerae) or parasites (Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia).

(2) Poisoning: Food poisoning such as eating uncooked lentils, poisonous mushroom poisoning, puffer fish poisoning, heavy metal poisoning, pesticide poisoning, etc.

(3) Laxatives, choleretics, digitalis drugs, etc.

(4) Other diseases: acute exacerbation of ulcerative colitis, acute necrotizing enterocolitis, food allergy, etc.

2. Chronic diarrhea

The causes of chronic diarrhea are more complicated than those of acute diarrhea. Lesions of the intestinal mucosa itself, excessive bacterial growth in the small intestine, defects in intestinal transport function, insufficient digestive capacity, intestinal motility disorders, certain endocrine diseases and extraintestinal tumors may all lead to the occurrence of chronic diarrhea. Conditions that can cause chronic diarrhea include:

(1) Intestinal infectious diseases: ① Chronic amoebic dysentery; ② Chronic bacterial diseases; ③ Intestinal tuberculosis; ④ Giardiasis, schistosomiasis; ⑤ Intestinal candidiasis.

(2) Non-infectious intestinal inflammation: ① Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis); ② Radiation enteritis; ③ Ischemic colitis; ④ Diverticulitis; ⑤ Uremic enteritis.

(3) Tumors: ① Colorectal cancer; ② Colon adenomatosis (polyps); ③ Malignant lymphoma of the small intestine; ④ Amine precursor uptake decarboxylation cell tumor, gastrinoma, carcinoid, intestinal vasoactive intestinal polypeptide tumor, etc.

(4) Small intestinal malabsorption: ① Primary small intestinal malabsorption; ② Secondary small intestinal malabsorption.

(5) Intestinal motility diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome

(6) Gastric, hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases: ① Subtotal gastrectomy with gastrojejunostomy; ② Atrophic gastritis; ③ Chronic hepatitis; ④ Cirrhosis; ⑤ Chronic pancreatitis; ⑥ Chronic cholecystitis.

(7) Systemic diseases: ① Hyperthyroidism; ② Diabetes mellitus; ③ Chronic adrenocortical insufficiency; ④ Systemic lupus erythematosus; ⑤ Niacin deficiency; ⑥ Food and drug allergies.