TABLE 1

Diagnoses to consider before irritable bowel syndrome-diarrhea

Inflammatory bowel disease
Food intolerance or sensitivity
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
Bile acid diarrhea
Pancreatic exocrine deficiency
Medication side effects
Functional diarrhea
Colon cancer
Chronic parasitic infection
Microscopic colitis
Thyroid disease
Celiac disease