Occasional bouts of diarrhoea are a fact of life – we have all experienced them. This section is about acute diarrhoea, which usually clears up within a few days, as well as about diarrhoea that continues for longer – what doctors call ‘chronic diarrhoea’.
Acute/Short-Term Diarrhoea
Occasional bouts of diarrhoea (diarrhea) are a fact of life – we have all experienced them. This section is for teenagers and adults with sudden-onset diarrhoea that lasts for less...
Chronic/Long-Term Diarrhoea
We have all experienced episodes of acute diarrhoea (diarrhea) caused by a gut infection or by something we have eaten that disagrees with us: it usually clears up within a...