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Can Diarrhea Cause Metabolic Alkalosis? The major clinical feature of laxative abuse is hypokalemia; clinically significant metabolic alkalosis, if present, is usually mild in the absence of concomitant bulimia (44,45). If laxative abuse induces excessive diarrheal losses, then metabolic acidosis can of course occur, as with any severe diarrhea (45). How does Diarrhoea cause metabolic