Recent guidelines for adults with chronic diarrhea (>4 weeks):
Full text link: LR Schiller, DS Pardi, JH Sellin. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017; 15: 182-193.
A few key points:
- The authors advocate treatment, not testing, for adults who meet Rome criteria for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) without alarm symptoms.
- Dietary history is essential.
- “True food allergies are rare causes of chronic diarrhea in adults”
