The causes of diarrhea and abdominal pain are more varied and are usually related to diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome, acute gastroenteritis and inflammatory bowel disease.
1. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): IBS is often caused by psychosomatic factors, and patients may experience abdominal pain, diarrhea, and changes in bowel habits.
2. Acute gastroenteritis: patients with acute gastroenteritis are mostly due to the consumption of bacterially contaminated food, patients mostly manifested as abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms after eating, and some patients may also be accompanied by fever, chills and other systemic symptoms.
3. Inflammatory bowel disease: inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, mainly associated with genetic, environmental factors and immune changes, patients mainly manifested as abdominal pain, diarrhea, mucous pus and blood stools, etc., and some patients will also appear peripheral arthritis, conjunctivitis and other extraintestinal symptoms.
In addition to the above factors, diarrhea and abdominal pain should also be considered as intestinal tumors and other diseases. For patients with diarrhea and abdominal pain, it is recommended to consult the gastroenterology department in a timely manner and further clarify the cause of the disease through colonoscopy, routine stool examination.