What causes frequent bowel movements but not diarrhea?

Frequent bowel movements that do not constitute diarrhea should be taken seriously. Normal people defecate once or twice a day. If bowel movements are too frequent, then it is necessary to understand what factors are causing them, such as chronic diarrhea or the presence of some digestive tract diseases, and treatment should be taken seriously.

1. Bacterial infection: People may develop enteritis or bacillary dysentery after eating food contaminated by bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Shigella, or drinking beverages contaminated by bacteria, and may experience varying degrees of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting.

2. Eating cold food: In summer, many people like to eat cold food and drink cold beer, which can result in gastrointestinal dysfunction, accelerated intestinal motility, and diarrhea.

3. Viral infection: When the human body is infected with various viruses through food or other means, it is easy to cause viral diarrhea, such as infection with rotavirus and norovirus, which can cause symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, fever and general discomfort.

4. Food poisoning: an acute toxic disease caused by eating food contaminated by bacteria and their toxins, or eating uncooked lentils, etc. It is characterized by acute gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever in patients.

5. Indigestion: irregular eating, overeating, eating indigestible food, or food retention in the stomach due to insufficient gastric motility, causing symptoms such as abdominal distension, diarrhea, nausea, acid reflux, heartburn, and belching.