What Would Cause Chronic Diarrhea When Everything Is Normal According To A Colonoscopy?

Posted on Wed, 6 Jun 2018

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Question : Have Cronic diarrhea . Had the colonoscopy - all normal. I have rheumatoid arthritis and have been on embrel for about 16 years. Last physical in Feb - great # and all normal. What else can I check out

Answered by Dr. Ramesh Kumar (59 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
recurrent enteritis.

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

The symptoms you are describing are mostly suggestive of Bacterial recurrent gastroenteritis which is the bacterial infection of the intestine.

Stool analysis and culture are required to confirm the diagnosis.
Management is with antibiotics (usually a combination of Ciprofloxacin and Metronidazole) for which you will need a prescription. So please be advised to follow up with the urgent care.
Thanks.

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