Diarrhea when COVID-19 in adults

Abstract

This review provides a systematization of literature on the problem of chronic diarrhea in adults, issues of differential diagnosis and diagnosis at the stage of primary health care Chronic diarrhea is a persistent deviation from the norm with the consistency of stool between types 5 and 7 on the Bristol stool scale and an increase in frequency of more than 4 weeks. The classification of diarrhea in terms of frequency (the most common causes, infrequent and rare), a brief description of clinical and laboratory signs of the most common causes of diarrhea in the practice of a General practitioner and gastroenterologist, a review of the literature on the features of diarrhea in COVID-19, and the stages of diagnostic search.