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I don't know what they mean. Leaky gut is a hypothetical medical condition, not officially recognized, in which the intestines can absorb larger molecules than
by DoreenMichele 3y ago
I don't know what they mean. Leaky gut is a hypothetical medical condition, not officially recognized, in which the intestines can absorb larger molecules than normal, compromising gut health.
It doesn't necessarily automatically suggest diarrhea, though that can be one symptom or outcome.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22724-leaky-gut-syndrome https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22724-leaky-g...
- Jeff_Brown 3y agoI knew an old man who had a literally leaky gut. A liquid that smelled like pee somehow surfaced from his abdomen onto the skin. (He wasn't peeing on himself; if he had been it would have gotten other places, and it didn't.)
- projektfu 3y agoPatent urachus perhaps? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urachal_fistula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urachal_fistula