Diarrhea is defecation with excrete, liquid, or semi-liquid (semi-solid); the water content of stools more than normal, 200 g ml / 24 hours. Another definition using frequency criteria, watery three times per day. Acute diarrhea that less 14 days. The cause may include infection, food poisoning, and allergies. This study aims to analyze relationship between daily hygiene acute in Medical Studen...

Limited information is available regarding the metabolic consequences of intestinal dysbiosis in dogs with acute onset of diarrhea. The aim of this study was to evaluate the fecal microbiome, fecal concentrations of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), as well as serum and urine metabolites in healthy dogs (n=13) and dogs with acute diarrhea (n=13). The fecal microbiome, SCFAs, and serum/urine meta...

background diarrheal infections are responsible for over a quarter of all childhood mortality worldwide. the present study was performed to establish risk factors for hospitalization of children with diarrhea in shahrekord, iran. materials and methods for this case-control study, cases were selected through children hospitalized due to acute diarrhea lasting less than 14 days and controls were ...

BACKGROUND Diarrhea is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity during the early life period especially in developing countries. Micronutrients deficiencies have been proposed either as a risk factor or a consequence of diarrhea. Association studies highlight the relation of vitamins and minerals' deficiencies with acute diarrhea. In this regard we aimed to evaluate the status of vitamins A a...

Copyright © 2014 Massachusetts Medical Society. I n the United States, approximately 179 million cases of acute diarrhea occur each year, amounting to 0.6 bouts per person per year. In one study, the estimated prevalence of diarrhea among adults the month before questioning was 3 to 7%, with the rate dependent on age, and 8% among children 5 years of age or younger.1 A similar rate of acute dia...

This study aimed to verify the relationship between acute diarrhea provoked by rotavirus and different indicators of craniofacial malformations. In the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, 8,724 children with cleft lip and cleft palate were divided into the following groups: acute diarrhea and infection due to rotavirus (C1, n = 62), acute diarrhea (C2, n = 153) and without ac...

BACKGROUND Acute diarrhea is the second leading cause of mortality among children under 5 years of age in developing countries. The pathogen most strongly associated with diarrhea is rotavirus followed by enteric pathogens such as bacteria, helminthes and protozoan. Adequate sanitation and water supply contribute to decrease acute diarrhea incidence of most etiologic agents, although vaccinatio...

BACKGROUND Zinc deficiency is prevalent in children in developing countries. Supplemental zinc provides therapeutic benefits in diarrhea. OBJECTIVE We sought to measure the effect of supplemental zinc given with oral rehydration therapy during recovery from acute or persistent diarrhea. DESIGN We conducted pooled analyses including all available published and unpublished randomized controll...

Background: Arsenic toxicity as a result of consumption of hair removal agent has been rarely seen in last few years in comparison with the past. Case Presentation: In this case report, we presented a middle age woman referred to medical toxicology department due to epigastric pain and diarrhea following ingestion of hair removal agent. Urinary test for arsenic was positive. ECG changes and ele...

We performed a systematic literature review and meta-analysis examining the association between diarrhea in young children in nonindustrialized settings and Giardia lamblia infection. Eligible were case/control and longitudinal studies that defined the outcome as acute or persistent (>14 days) diarrhea, adjusted for confounders and lasting for at least 1 year. Data on G. lamblia detection (main...