What is Gastroenteritis?
What is Gastroenteritis?
- Gastroenteritis: Acute stomach or intestine inflammation.
- Gastroenteritis: inflammation of any segment of the gastrointestinal tract from esophagus to rectum; causes of gastroenteritis are many including genetic, infection, hypersensitivity, drug effects, and cancer.
Source - Diseases Database
- Gastroenteritis: inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Gastroenteritis: Introduction
Types of Gastroenteritis:
Types of Gastroenteritis:
Broader types of Gastroenteritis:
How serious is Gastroenteritis?
Complications of Gastroenteritis:
see complications of Gastroenteritis
What causes Gastroenteritis?
Causes of Gastroenteritis: see causes of Gastroenteritis
Causes of Gastroenteritis: Gram-negative genera including: Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Proteus, Citrobacter, Aerobacter, Providencia, Serratia These rod-shaped enteric (intestinal) bacteria have been suspected of causing acute and chronic gastrointestinal disease. The organisms may be recovered from natural environments such as forests and freshwater as well as from farm produce (vegetables) where they reside as normal microflora. They may be recovered from the stools of healthy individuals with no disease symptoms. The relative proportion of pathogenic to nonpathogenic strains is unknown.
(Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)
...
Many
different viruses can cause gastroenteritis, including rotaviruses, adenoviruses,
caliciviruses, astroviruses, Norwalk virus, and a group of Norwalk-like
viruses. Viral gastroenteritis is not caused by bacteria (such as Salmonella
or Escherichia coli) or parasites (such as Giardia), or
by medications or other medical conditions, although the symptoms may
be similar. Your doctor can determine if the diarrhea is caused by a virus
or by something else. (Source: excerpt from Viral Gastroenteritis: DVRD)
Risk factors for Gastroenteritis:
see
risk factors for Gastroenteritis
What are the symptoms of Gastroenteritis?
Symptoms of Gastroenteritis:
see symptoms of Gastroenteritis
Complications of Gastroenteritis:
see complications of Gastroenteritis
Duration of Gastroenteritis: usually 2 to 5 days; up to 2 weeks for full appetite return.
Can anyone else get Gastroenteritis?
More information:
see contagiousness of Gastroenteritis
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Gastroenteritis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Gastroenteritis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Gastroenteritis:
see treatments for Gastroenteritis
Research for Gastroenteritis:
see research for Gastroenteritis
Society issues for Gastroenteritis
Hospitalization statistics for Gastroenteritis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Gastroenteritis:
- 0.069% (8,818) of hospital consultant episodes were for diarrhoea and gastroenteritis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 87% of hospital consultant episodes for diarrhoea and gastroenteritis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 46% of hospital consultant episodes for diarrhoea and gastroenteritis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 54% of hospital consultant episodes for diarrhoea and gastroenteritis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 94% of hospital consultant episodes for diarrhoea and gastroenteritis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3.7 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for diarrhoea and gastroenteritis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Gastroenteritis:
Organs and body systems related to Gastroenteritis include:
Name and Aliases of Gastroenteritis
Main name of condition: Gastroenteritis
Other names or spellings for Gastroenteritis:
gastro, enterogastritis
Stomach flu, Intestinal flu
Source - WordNet 2.1
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