Diarrhea is a symptom rather than a disease ... In this context, one should take into consideration individual variation, for healthy children may have as many as three or four stools daily, ...

Diarrhea remains one of the leading killers of children under five and the elderly, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and ...

CREDES is a center for diagnosis and treatment of children with secondary malnutrition. Between January 1990 and June 1991, 21 infants (9.3% of all admissions) suffered from persistent diarrhea ...

Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut ...

There is currently insufficient evidence to support their use to prevent diarrhea in children. We evaluated the effect of daily intake of fructooligosaccharide (FOS), a prebiotic agent on diarrhea ...

For the first time, this research incorporates pathogen-specific data from WHO's Global Pediatric Diarrhea Surveillance network from many high-burden countries. The GBD is the most comprehensive ...

Kidney stones and diarrhea both affect organ systems in the upper and lower abdomen. Learn how symptoms overlap and how to ...

Douglas Jacobstein, MD, Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology & Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...

11-Month-Old Boy With Chronic Diarrhea, Failure to Thrive, and Hepatomegaly The patient was admitted to the hospital for a history of chronic diarrhea and severe failure to thrive. Read the case ...

Norovirus leads to nearly 1 million pediatric medical visits each year. It is the leading cause of vomiting, diarrhea and ...

Situation get worsened following recent cold-wave causing a sudden rise of intense cold-related diseases, including ...