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My grandma has severe diarrhea, we're thinking its chrons disease. how should i stop her from getting dehydrated?
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GI Eval: Diarrhea has a broad diifferential diagnosis. Prolonged diarrhea deserves a gastrointestinal (GI) evaluation by either a primary care physician or possibly from a gastroenterologist. Likely stool studies as well as a colonoscopy may be needed.
Answered 6/10/2014
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