Daily Medical Advices

Certain foods, such as certain fruits, beans and morning used as sugar substitutes in some diets, sweets and chewing gum can cause diarrhea osmótica.
Several facts characterized clinically osmotic diarrhea:

• disappears with the patient fasting or interrupting the intake of absor able solute bit
• osmotic gradient is observed in the faeces: fecal osmolarity is very high compared to plasma (normal is isotonic, ie equal to that of plasma);
• Primarily fecal sodium is usually <60 mOsm, lower than the plasma
• the stool volume excreted is usually less than 1 liter per 24 h
• the generally lower fecal pH 5 (acid) by bacterial fermentation of unabsorbed carbohydrates
• tendency to dehydration with high sodium content in plasma
• is self-limiting and of short duration, stopping as soon as you stop eating osmotic products.