Medicinal diarrhea (d. medicamentosa; lat. medicaments medicine + diarrhea + ending -usus name of the disease), artificial irritation of the mucous membrane of the small intestine with acute medicinal substances or food products, causing an increase in secretion and accelerated movement of chyme through the intestines, which is manifested by loose stools without pain in a stomach. It is characterized by frequent and abrupt bowel movements with mucous (watery) stools, usually up to 5-15 times a day, sometimes painless, but more often accompanied by spastic abdominal pain.
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