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Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical / poisoning	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	Carbohydrate malabsorption, malabsorption , HIV related malabsorption, intestinal tuberculosis, tropical sprue, whipple's disease
Drug Side Effect	Acetaminophen, acarbose, acamprosate calcium, albuterol , bexarotene, bupropion, butalbital, calcium carbonate , levodopa and carbidopa, cevimeline, cidofovir, chloral hydrate, citalopram , clindamycin, codeine, denosumab, disopyramide, dolutegravir, dulaglutide , etodolac, exenatide, flurbiprofen, glipizide, glycopyrrolate, lactulose, lanreotide, lisinopril, lithium, lovastatin, medications, megestrol acetate, megestrol, meropenem, mesalazine, metformin, midodrine, misoprostol, miglitol, modafinil, moxifloxacin, naproxen, niacin, nitrofurantoin, norfloxacin, octreotide, ofloxacin, oxaprozin, pantoprazole, pergolide, polyethylene glycol, piroxicam, rabeprazole, Human chorionic gonadotropin, rifampicin, ritonavir, simethicone, simvastatin, sotalol, sunitinib, tacrolimus, tramadol, thalidomide, tolcapone, tolmetin, varenicline, vilazodone
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	No underlying causes
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	Abdominal surgery, aerophagia, alteration of intestinal motility, amebiasis, biliary disease, blastocystis species, bowel fermentation, caffeine, carcinoid tumors, celiac disease, cholesterolosis, chronic constipation in adults,chronic diarrhea in developed countries, chronic functional constipation and fecal incontinence in infants and children, chronic mesenteric ischemia, cirrhosis of liver, crohn's disease, diverticulitis, diverticulosis, fecal incontinence in infants and children, gallbladder disease , gallbladder disorders, gallbladder polyps, gallstone ileus, gallstones, gastric intestinal metaplasia, gastroesophageal reflux in adults, Gastrointestinal toxicity of radiation therapy, giardiasis, hepatic encephalopathy in adults, hypersalivation, intermittent bowel obstruction, intestinal bacterial overgrowth, intestinal motility disorders, intestinal obstruction, irritable bowel syndrome, lactase deficiency, metorchis, pancreatic carcinoma, pancreatic insufficiency, pneumatosis intestinalis, postoperative ileus, probiotics for gastrointestinal diseases, short bowel syndrome , small bowel diverticular, swallowed air, lactase deficiency, metorchis, pancreatic carcinoma, pancreatic insufficiency, pneumatosis intestinalis, postoperative ileus, probiotics for gastrointestinal diseases, short bowel syndrome, small bowel diverticular , swallowed air
Genetic	Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, cystic fibrosis, colon cancer , enteropathy-type intestinal T-cell lymphoma, glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency
Hematologic	No underlying causes
Iatrogenic	No underlying causes
Infectious Disease	Amebiasis, blastomycosis, clonorchis, clostridium difficile, colonic bacterial fermentation, cyclospora infection, dientamoeba fragilis, giardiasis, hookworm infection, metorchis, opisthorchis, small intestine bacterial infection
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	Abdominal surgery
Neurologic	Hepatic encephalopathy in adults
Nutritional / Metabolic	Acarbose, apples, beans, bowel fermentation, brussel sprouts, cabbage, caffeine, malabsorption, carbonated beverages, chewing gum, chronic diarrhea in developed countries, crayfish, dietary factors, eating too quickly, food allergies, glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency, gut fermentation, herbal products, high fiber diet, high legume diet,increased intake of fructose, increased intake of lactose, increased intake of sorbitol, introducing solid foods and vitamin and mineral supplementation during infancy, lactase deficiency, lactulose, lobster, tropical sprue, traveler's diarrhea, mixed nuts, metabolic syndrome, obesity, onions, peanut, pork, prunes, raisins, shellfish, shrimp, undigestible starches in fruits, undigestible starches in vegetables, undigestible starches legumes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	Colon cancer, anal cancer, carcinoid tumors, cirrhosis of liver, enteropathy-type intestinal T-cell lymphoma, pancreatic carcinoma
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	Aerophagia , anxiety
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte	Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	No underlying causes
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	3-month infant due immature gut, aerophagia, eating too quickly, fecal incontinence in infants and children, habitual air swallowing, normal in healthy individuals, normal infant, normal physical needs, obesity

Causes in Alphabetical Order

• 3-month infant
• Abdominal surgery
• Acarbose
• Acetaminophen
• Aerophagia
• Albuterol
• Alpha glucosidase inhibitors
• Alteration of intestinal motility
• Amebiasis
• Anal cancer
• Anxiety
• Apples
• Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
• Beans
• Bexarotene
• Biliary disease
• Blastocystis
• Bowel fermentation
• Brussel sprouts
• Bupropion
• Butalbital
• Cabbage
• Caffeine
• Calcium carbonate
• Levodopa and Carbidopa
• Carbohydrate malabsorption
• Carbonated beverages
• Carcinoid tumors
• Colon cancer
• Celiac disease
• Cevimeline
• Chewing gum
• Chloral hydrate
• Cholesterolosis
• chronic constipation in adults
• chronic diarrhea in developed countries
• Chronic functional constipation and fecal incontinence in infants and children
• Chronic mesenteric ischemia
• Cirrhosis of liver
• Citalopram
• Clindamycin
• Clonorchis
• Clostridium difficile
• codeine
• Colonic bacterial fermentation
• Colorectal cancer
• Crayfish
• Crohn's disease
• Cyclospora infection
• Cystic fibrosis
• Denosumab
• Dientamoeba fragilis
• Dietary factors
• Disopyramide
• Diverticulitis
• Diverticulosis
• Dulaglutide
• Eating too quickly
• Eluxadoline
• enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma
• Etodolac
• Exenatide
• fecal incontinence in infants and children
• Food allergies
• Gallbladder disease
• Gallbladder disorders
• Gallbladder polyps
• Gallstone ileus
• Gallstones
• Gas-containing sodas
• Gastric intestinal metaplasia
• gastroesophageal reflux in adults
• Gastrointestinal toxicity of radiation therapy
• Giardiasis
• Glipizide
• Glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency
• Glycopyrrolate
• Gut fermentation
• Habitual air swallowing
• Hepatic encephalopathy in adults
• Herbal products
• High fibre diet
• High legume diet
• High-fiber diet
• Hookworm infection
• Hypersalivation
• increased intake of fructose
• increased intake of lactose
• increased intake of sorbitol
• Intermittent bowel obstruction
• intestinal bacterial overgrowth
• Intestinal motility disorders
• Intestinal obstruction
• Introducing solid foods and vitamin and mineral supplementation during infancy
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Lactase deficiency
• Lactose intolerance
• Lactulose
• Lipase inhibitors
• Lisinopril
• Lithium
• Lobster
• Lovastatin
• Lovastatin
• Malabsorption
• Medications
• Megestrol acetate
• Mesalazine
• Metformin
• Metorchis
• Midodrine
• Miglitol
• Milk allergy
• Modafinil
• Moxifloxacin
• Naproxen
• Nitrofurantoin-induced pulmonary injury
• Norfloxacin
• Normal in healthy individuals
• Normal infant
• Normal physical needs
• Nuts
• Obesity in adults
• Octreotide
• Ofloxacin
• Onions
• Opisthorchis
• Pancreatic carcinoma
• Pancreatic disease
• Pancreatic insufficiency
• Peanuts
• Pneumatosis intestinalis
• Polyethylene glycol
• pork meat
• postoperative ileus
• Probiotics for gastrointestinal diseases
• Prunes
• Raisins
• Recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin
• Recombinant human growth hormone somatropin
• rifampicin
• Ritonavir
• Shellfish
• Short bowel syndrome
• Shrimp
• Simethicone
• Simvastatin
• Small bowel diverticular
• Small intestine bacterial infection
• Sotalol
• Stomach infection
• Sunitinib
• Swallowed air
• Tacrolimus
• Thalidomide
• Tolcapone
• tramadol
• undigestible starches in fruits
• undigestible starches legumes
• Wallnuts
• undigestible starches in vegetables