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Diarrhea and abdominal pain

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I have the same condition. Mine is believed to be caused by Bile Acid Malabsorption (BAM), a gastrointestinal condition where the intestines cannot properly absorb bile acids, leading to symptoms like chronic diarrhea and watery stools. Mine started occurring after my gallbladder was removed. No gallbladder to store bile, so the body just flushed it out. Here a couple of links to Mayo articles that address it.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/digestive-diseases/news/novel-approaches-to-the-diagnosis-of-bile-acid-diarrhea/mqc-20479822
https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/digestive-diseases/news/identifying-diarrhea-caused-by-bile-acid-malabsorption/mac-20430098
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1586/17474124.2014.851599

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Thanks for all this info. General discomfort, taste altering, nausea following gall bladder removal.
A friend mentioned SUCRALFATE might help. Anyone familiar with that and had positive results if bile acid attacks? Could coating intestines with Maalox help prevent?