What Is The Cause And Treatment For Recurring Diarrhea?

Posted on Sat, 26 Jul 2014

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Sat, 26 Jul 2014 Answered on

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Question : I have been traveling and have developed diarrhea which comes and goes. I take pepto bismo and then the symptoms recede but then come back. I have some gas but not obvious blood in the stool. The only medications I am taking is Lisinopril 10 mg.

Shall I continue home remedies or go immediately to a doctor? I can make an appointment for next week.
Thank you.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Shruti Rijhwani (52 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Dear Madam,

Thank you for posting your query on HCM.

Well looking into your problem I would like to tell you that I dont think considering the given history that you have any emergency so you can take an appointment for next week but do show to some doctor.

When there is fever , blood and mucus in stools or anemia , these are the signs which need immediate evaluation.

Take care.

Dr. Shruti

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar