Write the following list of characters into a correctly formed sentence: Thenexttimeyourcolonreceivesmaterialfromthesmallintestine,it“takesback”evenmuchlessoftheh2o,leadingtoanadditionalepisodeofdehydratingdiarrhea.Andsoon.Inmanyadultswhodon’tunderstandthatthisisbothabnormalandcorrectablethroughthediet,thiscyclecanperpetuateforyearsandevendecades.
The next time your colon receives material from the small intestine, it “takes back” even much less of the h2o, leading to an additional episode of dehydrating diarrhea. And so on. In many adults who don’t understand that this is both abnormal and correctable through the diet, this cycle can perpetuate for years and even decades.