Diarrhoea can be caused by many things.<\/p>\n
You are right to be concerned because severe diarriahea can be a serious symptom.\u00a0Your doctor needs to find out the cause before deciding how to manage this problem.<\/p>\n
Having diarrhoea for just 1-2 days is unlikely to cause any problems for your HIV treatment, especially if you have an undetectable viral load.<\/p>\n
Moderate or severe diarrhoea can lead to dehydration, poor absorption of nutrients, weight loss and fatigue.<\/p>\n
Persistent diarrhoea can also reduce absorption of some drugs. This would be the case if food were passing through your stomach so quickly that there is not enough time for it to be absorbed.<\/p>\n
It is important that diarrhoea is managed properly by your doctor. The more information you can give the doctor the better. Record how often you get diarrhoea, how sever or watery it is, and how this affects your day-to-day life.<\/p>\n
Although most HIV drugs list diarrhoea as a potential side effects, in 2016\u00a0this is generally rare and\/or mild with modern HIV drugs.<\/p>\n