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Problems with long term diarrhea. what are the unusual causes of prolonged diarrhea?
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Prolonged Diarrhea: This is never normal. It can be as simple as cheese addiction in a lactose intolerant patient or as severe as chronic parasitic infection, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, etc. This needs to get checked. No alternatives on this one.
Answered 7/20/2012
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