Is it normal to poop five times a day?

It is not normal to have five bowel movements a day. The number of stools up to three times a day or more, manifested as liquid stools can be diagnosed as diarrhea, diarrhea can be divided into acute diarrhea and chronic diarrhea, the duration of the disease for more than two months for chronic diarrhea. Acute diarrhea includes acute poisoning caused by accidental consumption of puffer fish, poisonous mushrooms or chemical drugs, allergic enteritis, sepsis or typhoid fever, acute enteritis caused by viruses, bacteria, protozoa and so on. The causes of chronic diarrhea include chronic atrophic gastritis, lack of gastric acid after major gastrectomy, intestinal tuberculosis, chronic bacillary dysentery, intestinal malignant tumors, and hyperthyroidism. The treatment of diarrhea should be directed at the cause of the cause of treatment, such as the use of antibiotics such as norfloxacin to control gastrointestinal infections, surgical resection of tumors, control of hyperthyroidism, etc., but also the use of antidiarrheal drugs, such as loperamide, montelukast, etc. to stop diarrhea. The number of stools a day up to 5 times belongs to the symptoms of diarrhea, is not normal performance, should be timely to the hospital, through the stool routine, gastroenteroscopy, etc. to identify the cause of the disease, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions for treatment, contraindication of the patient’s own medication, in order to avoid serious adverse reactions.