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My 91 year old father has been diagnosed with this. He is in the middle of a bout of diarrhoea at the moment. Would his frequent diarrhoea stop the effectiveness of his other medication?
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CauliColon jen34776
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You are asking a very specific medical question of what is a 'lay-person' group. you really should ask this question of your father's doctor. Long term diarrhoea dehydrates the metabolism and causes too rapid throughput in the gut - which obviously reduces the uptake of medications and nutrients. If it goes on - especially in the elderly - it is serious and should ring alarm bells in mediacl people.
At age 91, I imagine most people have diveritula. But it could be something else and his practitioner could only be sure of a diverticulitis diagnosis if they knew he already had diverticulosis - by colonoscopy or other imaging techniques .... I believe, as a lay-person!
Good luck with your research.
Pete.
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donna89206 jen34776
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