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If i have diarrhea would i be absorbing food?
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Not well: With diarrhea, food moves very quickly through your GI system. With some types of infectious diarrhea, the villi in your small intestine which are most responsible for absorbing nutrients, can be damaged. If they're not doing their job, you would not be absorbing food well and some may come out in your stool.
Answered 6/10/2014
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