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Can anxiety cause prolonged diarrhea?

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

It depends: Many people do have GI distress -- including diarrhea -- with anxiety. However, diarrhea can also result from other causes. If yours is "prolonged" [you don't say how long], it warrants a checkup with your primary care physician. In the meantime, please be sure to drink plenty of fluids (water, not soft drinks, etc).

Answered 11/27/2017

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