Sentences with phrase «as diarrheal»

Dulu's story is heartbreakingly common in the developing world: 3 billion people survive on diets that lack micronutrients such as Vitamin A and Zinc, and are at increased risk of illness from common infections such as diarrheal disease, which kills nearly 2 million children annually.

In 1990, most years of healthy life were lost reportedly to undernutrition, such as diarrheal diseases in malnourished children, but now the greatest disease burden may be attributed to high blood pressure, a disease of overnutrition.

Children with vitamin A deficiency are often deficient in multiple micronutrients and are likely to be anemic, have impaired growth, and be at increased risk of severe morbidity from common childhood infections such as diarrheal diseases and measles.

The impact of other ailments, such as diarrheal diseases, neonatal preterm birth complications, and lower respiratory infections, has significantly declined.

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Each day 9,000 children around the world die from diseases such as acute respiratory illness and diarrheal diseases which can be prevented by washing with soap.

During his time as a fellow, the U.S. was getting lots of produce from Central America, and some of it was contaminated with pathogens that cause diarrheal disease, he said.

Patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are twice as likely to be readmitted to the hospital as patients without the deadly diarrheal infection, according to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).

For the near term, groups known as accelerated development and introduction plans (ADIPs) have studied the possibility of more rapidly introducing new vaccines for rotavirus, a common diarrheal disease, and pneumococcus, a bacterium that causes pneumonia.

Parker suspects that it acts as a reservoir of healthy, protective bacteria that can replenish the intestine after a bacteria - depleting diarrheal illness like cholera.

The paper, published in The Lancet Global Health, also finds that chronic diseases, such as ischemic heart disease and diabetes, cause a greater burden to health in the region overall than communicable diseases like diarrheal diseases and tuberculosis.

It is an estimation of the current (as of 2000) existing rate of annual deaths reasonably attributable to climate change, albeit from a limited subset of climate - related health impacts: malaria due to an increase in the geographic range of disease - bearing mosquitoes, malnutrition associated with loss of agricultural productivity, water - borne diarrheal diseases, and deaths from flooding, McMichael says.

As it stands, more than 1.5 million children die of diarrheal disease annually around the world, mostly due to bad drinking water.

Overuse of antibiotics leads to the development of bacterial resistance and puts patients at risk for serious infections such as severe diarrheal infection due to Clostridium difficile (C Diff).

Many of the activities focus on health issues, like water and sanitation, diarrheal disease and preventing accidents, but Child - to - Child has also been successful in meeting the social and emotional needs of children such as addressing the prevalence of psychological problems including PTSD.

Based on negative culture results and ELISA tests, we have excluded such common enteropathogenic bacteria as Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium difficle, Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp., and Yersinia spp. as causative factors for the diarrheal signs occurring in TRD.

Metronidazole is an antibiotic and antiprotozoal medication used to treat various conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, nonspecific diarrheal disorders, infections caused by Giardia (a cause of diarrhea), and periodontal disease.

About Cats You should be aware of the risks of certain infections such as toxoplasmosis and bartonellosis and of diarrheal illnesses caused by Salmonella or Campylobacter that can be spread by cats.

Dog diarrhea treatment may also include the use of some drugs such as anti — diarrheal, anti — helmintics (anti worm), antibiotics, minerals or antidotes that address the underlying cause.

Determining the effects of climate change on infectious diseases is complex because of confounding contributions of economic development and land use, changing ecosystems, international travel, and commerce.38 Currently, climate warming has been identified as contributing to the northern expansion of Lyme disease in North America39 and has been projected to increase the burden of child diarrheal illness, particularly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.40 Concern has also been raised for climate links to emerging infections, including coccidioidomycosis41 and amoebic meningoencephalitis.42 Further investigation into climactic influence on infectious diseases is needed.

While most diarrheal germs are spread from the stool of an infected person to the mouth of another, these germs are passed via a wide - ranging number of items including glassware, utensils, doorknobs, faucet handles, and tools, as well as through food and water.

Giardia is a microscopic parasite causing the diarrheal illness known as giardiasis.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that as high as 50 percent of international travelers suffer some form of traveler's diarrhea and diarrheal diseases account for 1 in 9 child deaths worldwide, making diarrhea the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five.

This organism has two nuclei and eight flagella, and can cause a persistent diarrheal disease called giardiasis (colloquially known as «beaver fever»).