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Although described as "morning sickness," pregnant women can experience this nausea any time of day or night. The exact cause of morning sickness remains unknown. Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy is typically mild and self-limited, resolving on its own by the 14th week of pregnancy. Other causes should also be ruled out when considering treatment.
Bloody diarrhea: A depiction of a soldier with dysentery in the ‘F’ & ‘H’ Force Hospital, Canchanburi, Siam. Artist: Charles Thrale, 1933: Specialty: Infectious disease: Symptoms: Bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever [1] [2] Complications: Dehydration [3] Duration: Less than a week [4] Causes: Usually Shigella or Entamoeba histolytica ...
Shigellosis, known historically as dysentery, is an infection of the intestines caused by Shigella bacteria. [1] [3] Symptoms generally start one to two days after exposure and include diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain, and feeling the need to pass stools even when the bowels are empty. [1]
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Symptoms: Diarrhea, fever, headache: Complications: Stillbirth or spontaneous abortion (pregnant women) Causes: Listeria monocytogenes: Risk factors: Immunocompromisation, pregnancy, diabetes mellitus: Diagnostic method: Culture of blood or spinal fluid: Prevention: Safe handling and preparation of food, Pasteurisation, avoidance of soft cheese ...
Gastroenteritis, also known as infectious diarrhea, is an inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract including the stomach and intestine. [8] Symptoms may include diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. [1] Fever, lack of energy, and dehydration may also occur. [2] [3] This typically lasts less than two weeks. [8]
A combination of pregnancy-exacerbated hypercoagulability and additional risk factors such as obesity and thrombophilias makes pregnant women vulnerable to thrombotic events [29] T.he prophylactic measures that include the usage of low molecular weight heparin, in fact, can significantly reduce risks associated with surgery, particularly in ...
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.