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Gastroenteritis is the main reason for 3.7 million visits to physicians a year in the United States [1] and 3 million visits in France. [81] In the United States gastroenteritis as a whole is believed to result in costs of US$23 billion per year, [82] with rotavirus alone resulting in estimated costs of US$1 billion a year. [1]
Case studies in four developing countries also have demonstrated an association between increased use of ORS and reduction in mortality. [11] ORT using the original ORS formula has no effect on the duration of the diarrheic episode or the volume of fluid loss, [ 12 ] although reduced osmolarity solutions have been shown to reduce stool volume.
The Washington Post used the facility as a case study for nursing home deaths in Canada. In the story, the family of one woman who died in April told the Post reporter that the facility had downplayed the severity of the outbreak. [15]
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis, also known as eosinophilic enteropathy or eosinophilic enteritis [7] – a rare and heterogeneous condition where eosinophils build up in the gastrointestinal tract and blood vessels, leading to polyp formation, necrosis, inflammation and ulcers. [8]
Staphylococcal enteritis is an inflammation that is usually caused by eating or drinking substances contaminated with staph enterotoxin. The toxin, not the bacterium, settles in the small intestine and causes inflammation and swelling.
Dysentery (UK: / ˈ d ɪ s ən t ər i / DISS-ən-tər-ee, [7] US: / ˈ d ɪ s ən t ɛr i / DISS-ən-terr-ee), [8] historically known as the bloody flux, [9] is a type of gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea. [1] [10] Other symptoms may include fever, abdominal pain, and a feeling of incomplete defecation. [2] [6] [11] Complications ...
Outbreaks of rotavirus A diarrhoea are common among hospitalised infants, young children attending day care centres, and elderly people in nursing homes. [75] [135] An outbreak caused by contaminated municipal water occurred in Colorado in 1981. [136] During 2005, the largest recorded epidemic of diarrhoea occurred in Nicaragua.
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG or EGE), also known as eosinophilic enteritis, [1] is a rare and heterogeneous condition characterized by patchy or diffuse eosinophilic infiltration of gastrointestinal (GI) tissue, first described by Kaijser in 1937.