Diarrhea is defined as loose bowel movements with or without vomiting. Acute diarrhea is usually sudden in onset and lasts for only a limited time. This is usually called gastroenteritis and is caused ...

Background and aims: Diarrhea refers to the passage of loose or watery stools, and occurs at some point in the life of nearly every child. Diarrhea can lead to dehydration, which alters the child's ...

Approximately 179 million cases of acute diarrhea occur each year in the United States, and most of those cases are entirely preventable, a researcher concluded. The main causes of diarrheal ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...

In a development that may lessen the epidemic of diarrhea-related deaths among children in developing countries, scientists have discovered a novel compound that might lead to an inexpensive, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Did you know that on average, every single adult in the United States experiences diarrhea at least once ...

Journal of Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Vol. 7, No. 3/4 (September & December 1989), pp. 70-76 (7 pages) Health care providers were trained to treat patients with acute diarrhoea using WHO - ...

The CDC issued a health advisory alerting clinicians to a spike in extensively drug-resistant shigellosis in the United States, urging them to consider this infection in cases of acute diarrhea, ...

Acute hemorrhagic gastroenteritis is characterized by the sudden onset of bloody diarrhea and other gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, like abdominal pain and nausea. In humans, acute hemorrhagic ...

Diarrhoea, characterised by loose, watery stools, is a common occurrence that can affect daily activities and cause a lot of distress. There can be several causes of loose stools, ranging from an ...