Diarrhea Fatigue
Diarrhea Fatigue
Diarrhea is a common cause of fatigue and there are several possible reasons for this.
Most commonly, diarrhea fatigue relates to dehydration and loss of salts from the body. If you have very watery diarrhea then you are likely to lose a lot of body fluid quickly. You also often become salt depleted too - and it's this combination of rapid onset dehydration and lack of body salt that can produce profound fatigue and sometimes muscle cramps in the legs or arms.
If you are unluck enough to have chronic or longer term diarrhea problems then fatigue can certainly still arise for the reasons given above. However, with cases of chronic diarrhea, anemia or low red blood cell counts can also contribute to the fatigue.
If you are concerned about diarrhea - particularly persistent diarrhea with fatigue - then please see a doctor for a check up as soon as you can.
Diarrhea is a common cause of fatigue and there are several possible reasons for this.
Most commonly, diarrhea fatigue relates to dehydration and loss of salts from the body. If you have very watery diarrhea then you are likely to lose a lot of body fluid quickly. You also often become salt depleted too - and it's this combination of rapid onset dehydration and lack of body salt that can produce profound fatigue and sometimes muscle cramps in the legs or arms.
If you are unluck enough to have chronic or longer term diarrhea problems then fatigue can certainly still arise for the reasons given above. However, with cases of chronic diarrhea, anemia or low red blood cell counts can also contribute to the fatigue.
If you are concerned about diarrhea - particularly persistent diarrhea with fatigue - then please see a doctor for a check up as soon as you can.
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