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One study in Brazil found that non-breastfed infants were 14 times more likely to die from diarrhea than exclusively breastfed infants. [91] Exclusive breastfeeding is currently recommended for the first six months of an infant's life by the WHO, [92] [93] with continued breastfeeding until at least two years of age. [93]
A lower incidence of grade 2 or higher-grade diarrhea for the crofelemer group was seen than the control group during cycle 2 based on patient outcomes and investigator assessments - (9.0% vs. 33. ...
[26] [27] In infants, HSCR typically presents when a newborn is unable to pass the first feces, or meconium within 48 hours of birth. [26] Other symptoms include blockage of the intestine, fever, rapid release of stool and flatulence upon rectal examination, and may present with diarrhea in infants. [26] [27]
Initial symptoms include fever, rash, aching muscles, sore throat, vomiting and diarrhea, while more advanced symptoms of the disease include delirium, liver failure, shock and organ failure.
Carcinoid syndrome is a paraneoplastic syndrome comprising the signs and symptoms that occur secondary to neuroendocrine tumors (formerly known as carcinoid tumors). [1] The syndrome is caused by neuroendocrine tumors most often found in the gut releasing biologically active substances into the blood causing symptoms such as flushing and diarrhea, and less frequently, heart failure, vomiting ...
Contraindications to breastfeeding are those conditions that could compromise the health of the infant if breast milk from their mother is consumed. Examples include galactosemia , untreated HIV , untreated active tuberculosis , Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 or II , uses illicit drugs , or mothers undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatment .
In infants that weigh under 1500 g, sepsis is the most common cause of death. Three to four percent of infants per 1000 births contract sepsis. The mortality rate from sepsis is near 25%. [36] Infected sepsis in an infant can be identified by culturing the blood and spinal fluid and if suspected, intravenous antibiotics are usually started.
The infants present in the first few days of life with watery diarrhoea. This leads rapidly to dehydration and electrolyte imbalance and metabolic decompensation. Enteral feeding with a protein hydrolysate or amino acid based formulas worsen the diarrhoea and the children rapidly fail to thrive and develop protein energy malnutrition.