Digestive Diseases and Nutrition: Questions and Answers
... My doctor recommended I talk to a registered dietitian about following a fat-controlled eating plan to control my chronic diarrhea. I don’t understand how changes in my diet can help me. Please explai...

Nutrition Problems and Their Solutions 
... A variety of medical problems can affect your appetite. Your illness, medications, or surgery can cause these problems. Many patients become frustrated when they know that they need to eat to get well...

Diarrhea: Q&A
... I have diarrhea while taking antibiotics. What causes this and is there a way to make the effects less troublesome? Certain antibiotics (clindamycin, ampicillin, cephalosporins) can cause diarrhea. An...

Stool Changes: Q&A
... What changes in stools (such as color, consistency, or frequency of bowel movements) should prompt me to see my doctor for an exam? Color: The color of stools varies, depending on the foods you eat. Y...

Traveler''s Diarrhea
... Traveler''s diarrhea is a stomach and intestinal infection that occurs because of unsanitary handling of food. Food handlers who do not wash their hands after they use the bathroom can transmit the in...

Overview
... Acute diarrhea is an unpleasant digestive disorder that virtually everyone experiences at one time or another. The loose-stool consistency usually lasts a few days at most. Diarrhea often means more f...

Digestive Diseases Dictionary
... This dictionary defines words that are often used when talking or writing about digestive diseases. It is designed for people who have digestive diseases and their families and friends. The words are ...

Colonoscopy
... The digestive system Colonoscopy (koh-luh-NAH-skuh-pee) lets the physician look inside your entire large intestine, from the lowest part, the rectum, all the way up through the colon to the lower end ...

Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
... The digestive system Flexible sigmoidoscopy (SIG-moy-DAH-skuh-pee) enables the physician to look at the inside of the large intestine from the rectum through the last part of the colon, called the sig...

Diarrhea
... Diarrhea--loose, watery stools occurring more than three times in one day--is a common problem that usually lasts a day or two and goes away on its own without any special treatment. However, prolonge...

Ulcerative Colitis
... Ulcerative colitis is a disease that causes inflammation and sores, called ulcers, in the lining of the large intestine. The inflammation usually occurs in the rectum and lower part of the colon, but ...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
... Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a disorder that interferes with the normal functions of the large intestine (colon). It is characterized by a group of symptoms--crampy abdominal pain, bloating, cons...