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Affected individuals can be sensitive to proteins both in the egg white and egg yolk, but most children are allergic to those in the white while most adults are allergic to those in the yolk. [ 26 ] Cow's milk is the most common food allergen in infants and young children, yet many adults are also sensitized to cow's milk. [ 27 ]
Due to severe dehydration caused by both diarrhea and gastroenteritis, bland diets should be combined oral rehydration therapy to replace the depleted electrolytes and avoid salt imbalance. [13] Severe, untreated salt imbalance can result in "extreme weakness, confusion, coma, or death." [14] [15] [16]
There are many causes of infectious diarrhea, which include viruses, bacteria and parasites. [29] Infectious diarrhea is frequently referred to as gastroenteritis. [30] Norovirus is the most common cause of viral diarrhea in adults, [31] but rotavirus is the most common cause in children under five years old. [32]
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Green portions of the plant, unripe fruit, and especially the rhizome [173] contain a non-alkaloid lignin known as podophyllotoxin at concentrations ranging from 0.3% to 1.0% by mass, [174] [175] ingestion of which can cause severe gastroenteritis, diarrhea, and depression of the central nervous system. [176]
Cases of norovirus, a.k.a. the stomach bug, are surging in the U.S. right now. There is no specific medication to treat norovirus. Doctors share tips for feeling better, sooner. The U.S. is seeing ...
They cause burning or stinging pain to the skin and, if ingested in large amounts by adults or small amounts by children, can produce nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and burning diarrhea. Eye exposure produces intense tearing, pain, conjunctivitis , and blepharospasm .
A low-FODMAP diet might help to improve short-term digestive symptoms in adults with irritable bowel syndrome, [120] [114] [121] [20] but its long-term follow-up can have negative effects because it causes a detrimental impact on the gut microbiota and metabolome.