Laboratory guidelines for acute diarrhea suggested physician ordering plan for the laboratory examination of stool specimens washington state department of health clinical laboratory advisory council originally published.
Stool labs for diarrhea.
While you may be able to safely wait out a short bout of diarrhea it can be a serious problem especially in children infants and the elderly some causes of diarrhea require treatment and your doctor may conduct various tests to determine the diagnosis.
Acute diarrhea is defined as the abrupt onset of 3 or more loose stools per day.
When you visit a hospital a doctor might ask you to have a stool sample test for diarrhea for further diagnosis depending on the presented symptoms.
The conditions diagnosed affect the digestive tract which includes infections cancer or poor nutrient absorptions.
Diarrhea is a common symptom of a gastrointestinal problem characterized by frequent loose stools that may occur with stomach pain cramping nausea and vomiting.
The physicians find it necessary to have the lab tests for diarrhea when a patient has symptom as fever nausea throwing up.
To figure out the source of your stomach problems your doctor may order a stool sample culture test.
Chief among them are stool tests and blood tests.
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