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Diarrhea After Gallbladder Removal: Causes, How Long It Lasts? & Treatment. Your Health Matters! Reading an article about something sensitive such as YOUR HEALTH can
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By Dr. Farahat.
Many conditions can lead to diarrhea after eating fatty foods. The most common causes are simple conditions such as exaggerated gastrocolic reflex and irritable bowel syndrome. Other causes may include gallbladder and pancreatic problems or bile acid diarrhea.
To learn more about each of the conditions causing you diarrhea after eating fatty foods, keep reading the detailed article on how to suspect and deal with each condition.
Diarrhea after eating fatty food causes | How to suspect (symptoms)? and how to deal? |
1- Exaggerated Gastro-colic reflex: due to
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2- irritable bowel syndrome |
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3- removal of your gallbladder |
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4- Bile acid diarrhea (Malabsorption) |
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5- Exocrine Pancreatic insufficiency (EPI)/chronic pancreatitis. |
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*when to see a doctor. |
See a doctor IF you have any:
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Gastro-Colic reflex is a natural process inside your body. When you start eating and your stomach receives food, this sends signals to your colon to increase its motility. And the result is the urge to poop immediately after eating.
The gastro-colic reflex can be normally exaggerated by:
Also, it can be abnormally exaggerated, as with some people with irritable bowel syndrome (reference).
Exaggerated gastro-colic reflex is considered a common cause of diarrhea after eating fatty foods. It is usually a mild, non-harmful condition. Suspect it if you have:
Learn more about Gastro-colic reflex and diarrhea after eating fatty foods:
Wikipedia: Gastrocolic reflex.
Verywellheath: your gastrocolic reflex with IBS.
Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic functional syndrome affecting your gut. It is a common condition that approximately affects 10-15% of the population (reference). Many people have symptoms consistent with IBS. But a large subset of them doesn’t seek medical advice.
If you have diarrhea after eating fatty foods, this can be undiagnosed irritable bowel syndrome. Consult your doctor if you suspect you have irritable bowel syndrome.
With IBS the symptoms are not restricted to diarrhea after eating fatty foods. But other symptoms also present: (reference)
According to Dr. Michael from mayoclinic.org, diarrhea can occur in up to 20% of people undergoing gallbladder surgery. It is usually self-limiting, mild (usually after meals). In certain patients, it may last for years. (reference).
The function of your gallbladder is to store bile and releases it during meals to digest fat. This on-demand secretion of bile becomes interrupted after the removal of your gallbladder.
The exact cause of diarrhea after GB removal is still not clear. By excess transport of bile into the intestine may act as a laxative, or presence of some sort of fat malabsorption.
Bile acid malabsorption or bile acid malabsorption refers to diarrhea caused by abnormal processing of bile acids by the digestive system.
Bile acid is secreted from the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and released into your intestine to help fat digestion and absorption.
The bile acids get reabsorbed again from your intestine. Problems in absorption or processing of bile acids by your body can lead to occasional diarrhea after fatty foods. The condition may become more severe and cause chronic diarrhea.
The condition is more common than you think (reference).
How to deal?
Learn more about Bile acid diarrhea: source1, source2
Your pancreas secretes enzymes that digest food. For example:
When your pancreas runs into a problem, it will not secrete sufficient amounts of these enzymes. This leads to maldigestion and problems such as diarrhea after eating fatty foods (as with lipase deficiency), chronic stomach pains.
The conditions that may lead to Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI): (reference)
Learn more about pancreatic insufficiency: source1, source2
Diarrhea after eating fatty foods often occur due to exaggerated gastrocolic reflex or IBS. But other less common medical conditions may cause the same postprandial diarrhea.
See your doctor if diarrhea after eating fatty foods is associated with one or more of the following:
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