Nocturnal diarrhea is when a person wakes up in the middle of the night with an urgent need to go to the bathroom and evacuate their bowels. Infections often will also include things like nausea, vomiting, a loss of appetite,. You could start to lose weight, you could become dehydrated. In some cases, there may be abdominal pain, you may see blood in your stool or even have a fever.
We’ve all wrestled with diarrhea at some point.
It comes in many forms. And being able to read these differences can help us understand what’s going on inside us and how we should treat it.
In today’s short episode of ZOE Science & Nutrition, Jonathan and Dr. Will ask: What are the health risks associated with diarrhea, and how can we treat it?
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Mentioned in today’s episode:
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Diarrhea, a global overview from the World Health Organization (WHO)
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Key takeaways from a University of Oxford analysis of the global impact of antimicrobial resistance
Episode transcripts are available here.
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