Travel-related causes of Diarrhea

Our information shows that 31 causes of Diarrhea are related to travel (from a list of 2132 total causes). These diseases and conditions may be more likely causes of Diarrhea if the patient has travelled recently.

• Amebic dysentery
• Bilharzia
• Cholera - severe diarrhea
• Crypto
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Cryptosporidium
• Cryptosporiosis - diarrhea
• Cyclosporiasis - explosive diarrhea
• Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli - diarrhea
• Dracunculiasis - diarrhea
• Dysentery
• Gastroenteritis - diarrhea
• Giardia - acute diarrhea
• Giardia lamblia
• Giardiasis
• Hepatitis A - diarrhea
• Hepatitis B - diarrhea
• Hepatitis E - diarrhea
• Hookworm - Diarrhea
• Lassa fever - diarrhea
• Leptospirosis - diarrhea
• Meningitis - diarrhea
• SARS - diarrhea
• Schistosomiasis - diarrhea
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome
• Traveler's diarrhea - diarrhea
• Typhoid
• Typhoid fever - diarrhea
• Viral gastroenteritis - watery diarrhea
• West Nile fever - Diarrhea
• Yellow fever - Diarrhoea

Causes of Diarrhea Related to Travel due to Behavior Changes

People behave differently when they travel, and this increases the risk of some medical conditions in recent travellers for reasons sometimes unrelated to the location travelled to. These causes of Diarrhea may be more likely in patients with travel history:

• AIDS - diarrhea
• CMV - with AIDS or immune compromise
• Constipation - diarrhea
• Cytomegalovirus
• Diarrhea - watery stool
• Ehrlichiosis - diarrhea
• Flavivirus - Diarrhoea
• Food poisoning - diarrhea
• Hantavirus - Diarrhoea
• Hepatitis - diarrhea
• Hepatitis A - diarrhea
• Hepatitis B - diarrhea
• Hepatitis C - diarrhea
• Hepatitis D - diarrhea
• Hepatitis E - diarrhea
• HIV/AIDS - diarrhea
• Lassa fever - diarrhea
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever - diarrhea
• Weil's syndrome - diarrhea

All Causes of Diarrhea

The full list of all possible causes for Diarrhea described in various sources is as follows:

• Abdominal abscess - diarrhea
• Abdominal Cancer - diarrhoea
• Abetalipoproteinaemia
• Acamprosate
• Acanthocytosis - chronic diarrhea

See full list of possible disease causes of Diarrhea

Drug side effect causes of Diarrhea

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Diarrhea as a side effect.

• Laxatives
• Laxative abuse
• Antibiotics - diarrhea is common because antibiotics kill off the "good" microbes in the digestive tract.
• Echothiophate Iodide
• Phospholine Iodide

Drug interaction causes of Diarrhea:

Drug interactions may be a possible cause of Diarrhea.

• Misoprostol and magnesium-containing antacid interaction
• Cytotec magnesium-containing antacid interaction
• Lithium (Eskalith) and ACE Inhibitor interaction
• Lithium (Eskalith) and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARBs) interaction
• Lithium (Eskalith) and COX-2 Inhibitor interaction