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How long after diarrhea should it take to have a bowel movement? i have not been for five days after a bout of diarreah

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Dr. Clarence Lyons answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

May take a while: If you had a lot of diarrhea, it could take a while for you make more stool and for it move down.

Answered 11/29/2020

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