Curriculum · Gastroenterology
Symptoms that accompany acute diarrhoea
How it presents
The symptoms associated with diarrhoea are:
- Loose, watery stools, and frequent bowel movement
- An urgent need to use the toilet
- Pain or cramping in the abdomen
- Bloating
- Nausea, and vomiting in some cases
- Fever
- Weight loss
Those symptoms sit under gastroenteritis, and acute diarrhea itself is divided in two before anything else is asked: watery diarrhea and bloody diarrhea, and which of the two it is decides what follows.