Empiric management of acute diarrhea starts with oral rehydration and nutrition maintenance. Empiric antibiotics are favored ...

Consumption of contaminated water, uncooked or roadside food, unwashed fruits and vegetables, and poor hand hygiene ...

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 ...

Did you know that on average, every single adult in the United States experiences diarrhea at least once a year, according to the National Library of Medicine? While these loose, watery stools ...

A previous version of the Cochrane review, consisting of 63 trials, seemed to show probiotics were effective. In this update, the addition of new trials, including two large well-conducted trials; the ...

Zinc supplements can be useful for children suffering from acute or persistent diarrhoea. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), diarrhoea is estimated to kill two million children every ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The CDC issued a health advisory alerting clinicians to a spike in extensively drug-resistant shigellosis in the ...

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 ...

This week’s African health brief covers the worsening Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda’s progress toward ending its own outbreak, and an acute diarrhea outbreak in ...

Acute gastroenteritis is inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestine, typically due to an infection. Possible symptoms include abdominal cramps, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. Pathogens ...