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Diarrhea can cause electrolyte imbalances, kidney impairment, dehydration, and defective immune system responses. When oral drugs are administered, the efficiency of the drug is to produce a therapeutic effect and the lack of this effect may be due to the medication travelling too quickly through the digestive system, limiting the time that it ...
Rotavirus is the most common cause of gastroenteritis in children, [25] and produces similar rates in both the developed and developing world. [20] Viruses cause about 70% of episodes of infectious diarrhea in the pediatric age group. [13] Rotavirus is a less common cause in adults due to acquired immunity. [27]
While many different things can cause diarrhea—including infections or a more serious gastrointestinal condition—in most cases, it will go away after a few days without the need for treatment.
Diarrhea can be so severe that it leads within hours to severe dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. [2] This may result in sunken eyes, cold skin, decreased skin elasticity, and wrinkling of the hands and feet. [5] Dehydration can cause the skin to turn bluish. [8] Symptoms start two hours to five days after exposure. [3]
Loose, watery stool can be due to contaminated food, chronic diseases, or even the medications you take. Find out what could be causing your symptoms–and how to stay healthy.
The toxogenic species do not invade, but cause cellular damage by secreting toxins, resulting in bloody diarrhea. This is also in contrast to toxins that cause watery diarrhea, which usually do not cause cellular damage, but rather they take over cellular machinery for a portion of life of the cell. [18]
Heart disease and cancer are still the leading causes of death For more than 100 years, heart disease has been the number one No. 1 cause of death in the U.S, and the pandemic has done nothing to ...
Bloody diarrhea can cause severe fluid loss, resulting in hypovolemic shock. [8] The heart and nervous system can also be affected, causing disruption to heart rhythms (QT interval prolongation or tachycardia), heart failure, confusion, seizures, brain swelling, coma, and death.