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Infections of the lungs or urinary tract in children may also cause vomiting or diarrhea. [1] Classical diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) presents with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, but without diarrhea. [1] One study found that 17% of children with DKA were initially diagnosed as having gastroenteritis. [1]
Acute diarrhea is most commonly due to viral gastroenteritis with rotavirus, which accounts for 40% of cases in children under five. [1] In travelers, however, bacterial infections predominate. [27] Various toxins such as mushroom poisoning and drugs can also cause acute diarrhea.
Diarrhea is separated into three clinical categories; acute diarrhea may last multiple hours or days, acute bloody diarrhea, also known as dysentery, and finally, chronic or persistent diarrhea which lasts 2–4 weeks or more. There is normal growth with no evidence of malnutrition in the child experiencing persistent diarrhea.
Loose stool in young children isn't an uncommon problem, as those of us who practice pediatric gastroenterology can attest. The practical consensus is that if your child passes three or more ...
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a type of Escherichia coli and one of the leading bacterial causes of diarrhea in the developing world, [1] as well as the most common cause of travelers' diarrhea. [2] Insufficient data exists, but conservative estimates suggest that each year, about 157,000 deaths occur, mostly in children, from ETEC.
Symptoms of intestinal infection usually begin between 8 and 52 hours after you have been infected with E.coli, [2] this is the incubation period. The incubation period is the time between catching an infection and symptoms appearing. [12] Symptoms: abdominal cramping, pain or tenderness; watery or mucoidy diarrhea; nausea and vomiting, in some ...
Chronic, watery diarrhea and failure to thrive are the most common symptoms in infants and toddlers. Other symptoms include abdominal distention, gassiness, colic, irritability, excoriated buttocks, severe diaper rash due to acidic diarrhea, indigestion, and vomiting. [4] [7]
Rotavirus is responsible for infecting 140 million people and causing 1 million deaths each year, mostly in children younger than five years. [6] [15] This makes it the most common cause of severe childhood diarrhoea and diarrhea-related deaths in the world. [6]