eli5 explain diarrhea

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What happens to body during diarrhea? Especially the water part? Normaly, the water we drink is absorbed in the body and most part of thrown removing toxic elements via urine. But, during diarrhea body losses lot of water and we become dehydrated and weak. Suppose due to some process let’s say like Osmosis the water travels thru membrane and finally transforms into another substance, blood. So, during dehydration, does this process reverse? Why do we feel weakness? Also, when body knows it’s getting weak why it is still dehydration without absorbing any water? Someone please explain whole process.

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Throughout your digestive tract, water is constantly absorbed from the contents until it reaches your bowel, at which point there should only be enough water left to pass the stool. When you have diarrhea, everything is moving too quickly through your digestive tract so it can’t absorb as much water. Whatever the diarrhea is caused by is effectively making your digestive tract push everything through too quickly.

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