[Differential therapy of noninfectious diarrhea]

Treatment of noninfectious diarrhea consists in unspecific and symptomatic measures as well as in specific dietetic or pharmacologic treatment. With respect to the latter, diet in primary gluten enteropathy and lactose malabsorption as well as antibiotic treatment in Whipple's disease and bacterial colonization of the small bowel are of importance. In addition, specific treatment directed to endocrine or other causes of the disease may be necessary, similar to the different causes of maldigestion. Here, in particular, substitution of pancreatic enzymes in pancreatic insufficiency is of importance.