🍐 In this episode of PodBites, Nour and Tala guide you through diarrhea — from pathophysiology to pharmacologic management — using clinical reasoning, diagnostic frameworks, and high-yield treatment principles.
🎙️ Tune in to explore:
- The clinical definition of diarrhea and how duration shapes the differential
- The four major mechanisms: secretory, osmotic, inflammatory, and motility-related diarrhea
- How to distinguish small bowel from large bowel diarrhea using clinical clues
- Infectious causes and how incubation period helps identify the pathogen
- The diagnostic approach to acute versus chronic diarrhea, including osmotic gap interpretation
- Oral rehydration, fluid assessment, and essential management priorities
- Antidiarrheal drugs, including loperamide, diphenoxylate, bismuth, and their mechanisms
- Octreotide and its role in treating severe secretory diarrhea
🌟 A structured, high-yield guide to understanding diarrhea, helping you connect physiology, diagnosis, and treatment with confidence.
