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Large bowel with watery stool and symbols explaining the loss of water and salts during diarrhoea.
Medical illustration · Bo Dòkter Enlarge image (new tab)

Stomach, bowel and liver

Diarrhoea and dehydration

During diarrhoea, the body loses fluid and salts. The diagram links the bowel to this fluid loss.