Diarrhea

Question 1

Define diarrhea?

Answer 1

Passage of abnormally liquid or unformed stool at increase frequency (greater than 3 x /day)

Question 2

define tenesmus?

Answer 2

painful rectal spasm with strong urge to defecate but little passage of stool

Question 3

define dysentary?

Answer 3

abdominal pain, tenses and passage of bloody diarrhea

Question 4

define hematochezia

Answer 4

passage of bright red blood stool (different than finding blood on TP)

Question 5

What is the definition of acute diarrhea

Answer 5

less than 2 weeks duration

Question 6

MC cause of acute diarrhea?

Answer 6

infectious

Question 7

Most cases of non-inflammatory diarrhea are _____ ?

Answer 7

mild/self limited

Question 8

Common characteristics of non-inflammatory diarrhea?

Answer 8

watery and NON-BLOODY

Question 9

What is suggested if N/V are present in non-inflammatory diarrhea?

Answer 9

small bowel source

Question 10

What is the difference between Non-inflammatory and inflammatory diarrhea in regards to their findingss?

Answer 10

fecal leukocytes are absent in non-invasive non-inflammatory diarrhea, and present in inflammatory

Non-inflammatory diarrhea is non-bloody
Inflammatory diarrhea is bloody and pus filled

Question 11

Common causes on Non-Inflammatory diarrhea?

Answer 11

Viral-norovirus, rotavirus
Protozoal-giardia, cryptosporidium, cyclospora
Baceterial-S. Aureus (food poisoning), Bacillus, E.Coli