Descriptions
Bulky, frothy, greasy, yellow/clay coloured stool due to malabsorption of nutrients
What is 'Steatorrhoea'?
Lactase deficiency
What is 'Osmotic Diarrhoea'?
"I'm passing lots of yellow, oily, goopy, fluffy poo"
What is 'Steatorrhoea'?
Bloody stool with pus from the destroyed and inflamed mucosa
Cholera
What is 'Secretory Diarrhoea'?
relieves with fasting
What is osmotic diarrhoea, steatorrhoea/malabsorption diahrrhoea?
Undigested solutes are pulling water into the intestinal lumen
What is 'Osmotic Diarrhoea'?
E-coli infection
What is 'infectious (enterotoxigenic) diarrhoea'?
Persists with fasting
Cells actively push out water into the intestinal lumen to be excreted. Often hormone mediated.
What is 'Secretory Diarrhoea'?
Salmonella
What is 'Exudative Diarrhoea'?
Coeliac disease causing reduced surface area
What is 'Steatorrhoea/malabsorption diarrhoea'?
(Will also accept exudative)