3. Sudden Dietary Changes
Watery stools are a common medication side-effect that you might see listed on the leaflet for the medication (right under the side-effects panel) if you look for it.
Eating any kind of “rich” foods can affect the digestive system, and one has no real predictor of how food is going to affect you when you eat it until it has already passed through your system. This is true for most people, even those who might not have chronic digestive conditions.
Thanksgiving, birthdays, functions, restaurant-outings… All of these events mean that people eat things richer than they are used to in their daily diet.
It’s common for a once-off indulgence like this to trigger watery stools. Usually, it just lasts a day or so after the food has been consumed – and anything that lasts longer than one day is bound to be another cause (or if still related to the food, something like food poisoning).
Have you changed anything in your diet lately, if not a once-off rich meal? Sudden dietary changes and watery stools can also go together: The best doctor to see here is a dietary specialist.