Watery stool
Watery stool: Introduction
Watery stool is usually a form of diarrhea.
It may also be related to loose stool (also within the spectrum of diarrhea).
Many conditions causing watery stool will be listed under diarrhea.
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Causes of Watery stool:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Watery stool.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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Watery stool: Symptom Checker
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Watery stool
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- DIARRHEA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Diarrhea
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
- [ read ]
- Diarrhea
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
- [ read ]
- Diarrhea
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
- [ read ]
- Rectal pain
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
- [ read ]
- Diarrhea
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
- [ read ]
- Diarrhea
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
- [ read ]
- Diarrhea
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
- [ read ]
- Rectal pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
- [ read ]
- Diarrhea
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
- [ read ]
- Diarrhea
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
- [ read ]
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Watery stool: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Watery stool
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed, whereas...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The digestive system contains a variety of ...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad"...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning).
In fact, it's more likely to be an infectious diarrheal illness (i.e. infectious...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed
(it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed with fatal effect)...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of
celiac disease). A variety of other ...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome...read more »
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Watery stool: Related Rare Diseases
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Watery stool
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Surgery is often necessary when patients are diagnosed with carcinoid cancer. But symptoms, such as severe diarrhea, often continue. Listen to the...
People with Crohn's and colitis can become malnourished because they can't absorb certain nutrients. Listen to experts discuss the complex...
Diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome today is often simpler than it has been in the past. Doctors used to focus on ruling out other diseases and...
Some people with vague digestive symptoms needlessly suffer in silence believing there is no treatment. Abdominal discomfort, bloating, and either...
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Organs affected by Watery stool:
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Detailed list of causes of Watery stool
The list below shows some of the causes of Watery stool mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Watery stool
How Common are these Causes of Watery stool?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Watery stool.
Of the 61
causes of Watery stool that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2
causes are "very common" diseases
- 2
causes are "common" diseases
- 2
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 8
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 50
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 61
causes of Watery stool
Conditions listing symptoms: Watery stool:
The following list of conditions
have 'Watery stool' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
B
Bacillus cereus type II food poisoning
... profuse watery diarrheaBlastocystis hominis
... watery stoolBrainerd diarrhea
... watery diarrheaC
Cholera
... watery diarrhea, rice-water stoolsColibacillosis
... watery diarrheaColorectal Polyps
... watery diarrheaCongenital chloride diarrhea
... watery diarrheaCongenital Diarrhea, Secretory Sodium, 3
... watery diarrheaCongenital Diarrhea, Secretory Sodium, Syndromic, 3
... watery diarrheaCongenital microvillous atrophy
... watery diarrheaCryptosporiosis
... watery diarrheaCyclospora cayetanenis food poisoning
... watery diarrheaCyclosporiasis
... watery diarrheaCyclosporiosis
... watery diarrheaD
Diarrhea
... watery stoolDiarrheagenic Escherichia coli
... Watery diarrheaE
E-coli food poisoning
... watery diarrheaEnteroinvasive E. Coli infection
... watery diarrheaEnteropathogenic E. Coli infection
... watery diarrheaEnterotoxigenic E. Coli infection
... watery diarrheaEnterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
... profuse watery diarrheaF
Fecal impaction
... watery stoolFunctioning pancreatic endocrine tumor
... watery diarrheaG
Giardia
... watery diarrheaI
Infectious Diarrhea
... Watery stoolsIntestinal capillariasis
... watery diarrheaIntestinal Conditions
... Watery stoolsJ
Janbon syndrome
... watery diarrheaM
Microsporidiosis
... watery diarrheaMicrovillus Inclusion Disease
... watery diarrheaP
Pancreatic cancer, adult
... watery diarrheaPancreatic carcinoma, familial
... watery diarrheaPancreatic islet cell tumors (non-functioning tumor)
... watery diarrheaT
Toxic mushrooms - cyclopeptides
... profuse watery diarrheaToxic mushrooms - Gastrointestinal irritant
... watery diarrheaToxic mushrooms - Monomethylhydrazine
... watery diarrheaU
Ulcerative colitis
... watery diarrheaV
Vibrio infection - Vibrio alginolyticus
... watery stoolVibrio infection - Vibrio damsela
... watery stoolVibrio infection - Vibrio fluvialis
... watery stoolVibrio infection - Vibrio furnissii
... watery stoolVibrio infection - Vibrio holisae
... watery stoolVibrio infection - Vibrio metschnikovii
... watery stoolVibrio infection - Vibrio mimicus
... watery stoolVibrio infection - Vibrio parahaemolyticus
... watery stoolVibrio parahaemolyticus
... watery diarrheaVipoma
... watery diarrhea, Watery stoolsViral dysentery
... watery diarrheaViral gastroenteritis
... watery diarrheaW
WDHA syndrome
... watery diarrheaWolman syndrome
... watery diarrhea
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Causes of Watery stool Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Watery stool based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
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Classifications of Watery stool:
Medical Conditions associated with Watery stool:
Diarrhea (1887 causes), Stool symptoms (2234 causes), Digestive symptoms (4367 causes), Abdominal symptoms (3099 causes), Bowel incontinence (1916 causes), Bowel problems (2317 causes), Bowel movements (2120 causes)
Symptoms related to Watery stool:
Diarrhea (1887 causes), Loose stool (39 causes), Constipation (535 causes), Bowel symptoms (4367 causes), Bowel habit changes, Inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, Coeliac disease, Cholerheic diarrhoes, Bile acid malabsorption, Cholera, Dysentery (4 causes)
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