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Can anxiety cause diaherra?
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Yes: Anxiety can cause frequent & loose bowel movements in some people.
Answered 9/11/2013
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Yes, I think so.: It's actually a common complaint. Why? Because of mammal survival mechanisms - the flight/fight response - our bodies have automatic stress responses. These include increased heart rate, oxygenation to muscles via hyperventilation, gastric activity to void the intestines, etc. If you'd have to fight a predator or run fast to escape these would help you. Fairly useless for our lives, they persist.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Anxiety: Anxiety can cause multiple symtpoms including psychological and physical physical symptoms include nausea vomiting diarrhea chest pain dizziness fainting weakness sweating cramps headaches etc please rule out medical causes also thanks.
Answered 8/26/2013
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