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 ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways Diarrhea is often caused by infections, including bacterial, viral, ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 - ...

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 ...

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, ...

Epidemic surveillance is an effective means to determine the characteristics of acute diarrhoea and the benefits of disease control and prevention. The epidemiological, clinical, and aetiological data ...