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Husband began having diarrhea after eating chili cheese dog sat. evening & still has it (with some constipation now) since then. is this normal?

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Diarrhea: Based on my calculations it has been about 5 days of abnormal bowel habits? Diarrhea is generally self limiting and not in need of investigation unless a patients has fever, recent antibiotic use, blood in the stool, severe pain or symptoms lasting greater than 3 weeks.

Answered 7/24/2015

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