THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARACLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN ASSESSING THE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DIARRHOEA
Abstract:
Chronic diarrhoea is defined by 30 g/kg/day stool elimination, modified in aspect, with an evolution more than 2 weeks, and stationary or weight loss. The malabsorption syndrome includes a heterogenic group of diseases characterized by insufficient absorption of one or more of nutrients or substances or by the insufficiency of the reabsorption of endogenous substances. This malabsorption represents the common event of chronic diarrhoea. Diarrhoea is produced as a result of the disease of the colon, small intestine, malabsorption, maldigestion, dysmotility; all of them are difficult to be separated by clinic criteria. The decision of the investigations is a clinical point of view problem, although the prevalence and the severity of the diseases need an early diagnosis by using an algorithm of analysis.
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