For a word that’s nearly impossible to spell, diarrhea diarrhoea is very possible to get and affects Malaysians across the nation. More often than not, we often hear colleagues and friends stay home from work or school because of this dreaded “d” word. Diarrhoea 101 If you’ve never gotten diarrhoea before, pat yourself on the bum and thank your lucky stars. It’s not a pretty sight and feeling to have because your bowel movements (or stools) are loose and watery. Usually, diarrhoea happens because of a virus that gets into your gut and essentially starts causing trouble. There are also other potential causing reasons like food tolerance or allergy, adverse reaction to medication, bacterial infection, intestinal disease, parasitic infection, and gallbladder or stomach surgery.