Definition

• Diarrhea is the sudden increase in the frequency and looseness of BMs (bowel movements, stools)
• Mild diarrhea is the passage of a few loose or mushy BMs
• Severe diarrhea is the passage of many watery BMs

See More Appropriate Topic (instead of this one) If

• The vomiting is worse than the diarrhea, see VOMITING.
• Blood present and no diarrhea, see STOOLS, BLOOD IN.