help frequent diarrhea

since i can remember i always had diarrhea in the pass year i was diagnosed with gerds disease but all my doctor did was give me a sample pack of prilosec and now am having mucus in my diarrhea.its always either burning diarrhea. or explosive diarrhea. i dont have no more insurance no more. but when i did i got blood test done urine test done and thats all they found but why do i have diarrhea all the time? i usually have it 4 days out the week i cant have a normal life am upset about this so plz help in anyway that u can. ill be waiting for your reply thanks.

[Ratnakar Kini, MD]

Hi,
If there is no weight loss and if it does not disturb your sleep and if there is no blood in stool it could be probably be due to irritable bowel syndrome.
If there is weight loss, anemia, then it could be due to malabsorption syndrome and you need to be evaluated for it.