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Colon symptoms: Symptoms affecting the colon (bowel). See detailed information below for a list of 15 causes of Colon symptoms, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed, whereas other...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good"...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In fact, it's more likely to be an infectious diarrheal illness (i.e. infectious diarrhea...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed with fatal effect). One of the most common...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of celiac disease). A variety of other ...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better...read more »
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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Colon symptoms. Of the 15 causes of Colon symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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The following list of conditions have 'Colon symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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The following list of medical conditions have Colon symptoms or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Subtypes of Colon symptoms:
Colon polyp (2 causes), Megacolon (24 causes), Megacolon due to Chagas disease (5 causes), Partial colon obstruction (6 causes), Bacterial colitis (5 causes), Toxic megacolon (12 causes), Colon bleeding (8 causes), Colon redness (9 causes), Colon stiff (7 causes), Colon swelling (10 causes), Colon weakness (5 causes), Gradual onset of toxic megacolon (3 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Colon symptoms:
Intestine symptoms (4 causes), Digestive symptoms (5299 causes), Abdominal symptoms (5930 causes), Lower abdominal symptoms (3048 causes)
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