Gastroenteritis is an infection that causes stomach cramps and diarrhea. Non-bloody diarrhea is the most prominent symptom of viral gastroenteritis. A person typically experiences several dozen bouts of diarrhea a day for the first two or three days of infection. Abdominal pain, cramping, nausea, a...
Gastroenteritis is a relatively common illness and the length of time it lasts can vary significantly from person to person. Depending on whether it is viral or bacterial, gastroenteritis can affect adults for up to a week, although symptoms should start to ease two days after they develop. Sym...
Summary of common symptoms and incubation periods based on the pathogen: Bacillus cereus is listed twice since it produces two types of food-borne illness due to different enterotoxins. Emetic-type illness has an incubation of around 1‒6 hours, and diarrheal-type illness has an incubation ...
3 The mucosa of the small intestine is involved in secretory and absorptive functions and contains a single layer of epithelial cells called enterocytes. The mucosa along the length of the small intestine is formed into villi, which are fingerlike projections into the intestinal lumen that enlarge...
Ictal video-EEG recording of three partial seizures in a patient with the benign infantile convulsions associated with mild gastroenteritis. Summary: Purpose: In infants, benign convulsions can be triggered by febrile illness or mild diarrhea such as Rotavirus gastroenteritis. The triggering mec... K...
It's highly contagious and humans are the only known reservoir of the virus although it can survive for a significant length of time in the environment. Person-to-person transmission is the most frequent cause of outbreaks, and this may occur by the faecal-oral route, by ingestion of ...
Medilac-S: this is “good bacteria”, a powder you put in water 3 times a day. It helps replenish your stomach with healthy bacteria, and also improves overall symptoms and length. Good stuff. Also has a kids version Medilac-Vita. ...
Overall, 87% of parents sought medical care for their children; 10% of these cases required hospitalization with an average length of stay of 2.6 days. When medical care was sought, the average parental cost per gastroenteritis episode was US$64, 4.5 times higher than with home care only...
The percentage of admitted children with minor illness decreased (p = 0.002). Mean length of stay decreased 21% for children with minor illness (p = 0.0001) and 5% for others. Hydration status was noted in only 15% of ED charts examined but increased to 63% in FY 1998 and 86% in FY...
3-5 For acute gastroenteritis in particular (a common condition with established guidelines shown to reduce costs, length of hospital stay, and duration of illness),6-8 more than 30% of children at a sample of US major children's hospitals received care inconsistent with current guidelines.4 ...