Chronic diarrheal disease

This large study in rural India trained village health workers to diagnose and treat common illnesses like high blood pressure, diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, asthma, and COPD. Over 72,000 adults aged 16-60 from 80 tribal villages took part. The goal was to reduce deaths by at lea…

This study tested the drug crofelemer in 93 adults with chronic diarrhea of unknown cause (not related to HIV). The goal was to see if the drug reduces stool frequency and improves consistency, and to find out which diagnostic tests are most useful. Results may help doctors bette…

Researchers are studying 116 people with chronic watery diarrhea to see how many actually have microscopic colitis, a gut condition that standard tests often miss. Participants will give blood and stool samples and undergo a full colonoscopy with tissue biopsies from different pa…

This study examined 288 children aged 2 to 5 in France, Africa, and South America to see if low vitamin C levels are more common in those with diarrhea. Researchers compared vitamin C in the blood of children with diarrhea to healthy children of the same age and sex. The goal is …