Stool five or six times a day is clinically diarrhea, the causes of diarrhea are inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, colon cancer, gastroenteritis, and so on. 1. Inflammatory bowel disease: Inflammatory bowel disease is a kind of chronic non-specific intestinal inflammatory disease, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, the main clinical manifestation of this kind of disease is repeated episodes of diarrhea, and some patients will also have abdominal pain and other symptoms. 2. Irritable bowel syndrome: Irritable bowel syndrome is a common functional bowel disease, this kind of disease does not cause gastrointestinal tract organic lesions. Its main clinical manifestations include abdominal pain, diarrhea, and constipation and other symptoms in some patients. 3. Colon cancer: intestinal tumors such as colon cancer can also cause diarrhea, which is often manifested as diarrhea and constipation alternately, and this kind of patients are usually accompanied by abdominal pain, abdominal and rectal lumps and other symptoms. 4. Gastroenteritis: mostly caused by viral or bacterial infections, with increased stool frequency, thin feces or watery stools, often accompanied by urgency of defecation and abdominal discomfort or incontinence and other symptoms. The causes of diarrhea are many, if the symptoms of diarrhea, it is recommended to go to the hospital to identify the specific causes and then symptomatic treatment. Do not self-medicate or leave it unattended to avoid further damage to the body.