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OVERFLOW DIARRHOEA [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Bowels
CONT

The causes of diarrhoea include the excessive use of purgatives or "pseudo-diarrhoea" due to liquefaction of impacted or obstructed faeces.

Key term(s)
  • pseudo-diarrhea
  • overflow-diarrhea
  • pseudo diarrhoea
  • pseudo diarrhea
  • overflow diarrhoea

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Intestins
DEF

Selle délayée en fin de course par l'hypersécrétion sigmoïdienne et évacuée sous forme liquide.

OBS

Elle est en général hétérogène et faite de petits fragments durs dans une masse molle ou liquide.

Spanish

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