Sentences with phrase «by diarrhoea»

A deficiency of niacin can result in pellagra, a condition typified by diarrhoea, dermatitis, dementia, and if left untreated, death.

Of the 6.6 million deaths among children aged 28 days to five years: 1.7 million (26 %) are caused by diarrhoea.

'' Download and Print Instructions: Home made Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) for treating dehydration caused by diarrhoea

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If you don't have enough of the enzyme lactase — which breaks down lactose so that it can be absorbed by your body — you might experience symptoms like stomach cramps, bloating, wind and diarrhoea when you drink milk.

Symptoms caused by salmonella infection include diarrhoea, fever, abdominal cramps, and vomiting.

IBS is defined as a chronic gastrointestinal disorder characterised by abdominal pain and altered bowel habits including diarrhoea, constipation, bloating and excessive wind.

In some cases, the gastrointestinal symptoms (bloating, constipation and diarrhoea) may be caused by other additives rather than the gluten (some people report being unable to tolerate store - bought bread but can tolerate homemade bread, for example).

He has suffered most of his career with nerves before a game and even explained how his sleep patterns and match day preparation was effected by serious diarrhoea due to nerves.

Allergic reactions may be characterized by signs like: vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, cramping and swelling.

By the time the mother has fever (or runny nose, or diarrhoea, or cough, or rash, or vomiting etc), she has probably already passed on the infection to the baby.

«About half of all diarrhoea episodes and a third of respiratory infections would be avoided by breastfeeding.

It claimed «diarrhoea and its side - effects are counteracted» by its formula and there was «reduced risk of infection»; untrue and particularly cynical given the increased risk of diarrhoea in babies fed on formula.

However, advising mothers on home management of diarrhoea is usually the last activity carried out by the busy health worker, and often the least well done.

Diarrhoea can be prevented through exclusive breastfeeding, improved weaning practices, measles immunization, use of latrines, washing hands (the baby's as well), keeping water and food clean, washing with soap before touching food and by sanitary disposal of stools.

Once seen by a doctor, oral rehydration salts (ORS) may be prescribed, but the mother may not be told what ORS is, how to give it, how it will help her child, or that it will not cure the diarrhoea.

The Atma Jaya Medical Faculty research group looked at the treatment and advice given by physicians for children with acute diarrhoea in a poor and densely populated urban area of Jakarta (the capital city of Indonesia).

In general, foods suitable for a child with diarrhoea are the same as those required by healthy children.

Although diarrhoea is less common in the UK and often less serious than in developing countries, a number of babies do die every year in the UK as a result of diarrhoeal dehydration, deaths which could easily be prevented by the timely use of ORT.

It was suggested that a minimum of ten cases of paediatric diarrhoea must be managed properly by every medical student before he can graduate.

Physicians have been encouraged by WHO and national CDD programmes to motivate mothers to continue breastfeeding or giving other food to prevent malnutrition resulting from diarrhoea.

Diarrhoea is caused by bacteria or viruses.

There is good microbiological and immunological evidence for the different mechanisms by which breast feeding confers protection against diarrhoea, 5 but few epidemiological studies have measured their relative importance.

After commercial infant formula was introduced in the developing world in the early 1900s, cases of lethal diarrhoea spiked (and anti-formula sentiment mounted) leading to the penning by WHO in 1981 of its International Code of Marketing of Breast - Milk Substitutes.

For example, in high - income countries breastfeeding reduces the risk of sudden infant deaths by more than a third, while in low - and middle - income countries about half of all diarrhoea episodes and a third of respiratory infections could be avoided by breastfeeding.

Diarrhoea can be prevented by breastfeeding, by immunizing all children against measles, by using latrines, by keeping food and water clean, and by washing hands before touching food.

If the baby gets more unwell, becomes drowsy, refuses to drink, goes on vomiting, has a lot of diarrhoea, fewer wet nappies or does not get better fairly quickly (within a day or so), the baby should be seen again by a doctor.

diarrhoea can last for several days, or longer, due to gastro, but sometimes diarrhoea is caused by other problems

Occasionally gastro is caused by bacteria in Australia, in which case the diarrhoea may last longer and have blood and mucus in the poo.

If the baby gets more unwell, becomes drowsy, refuses to drink, goes on vomiting, has a lot of diarrhoea, fewer wet nappies or wees, or does not get better fairly quickly (within a day or so), the baby should be seen again by a doctor.

Can the risk of persistent diarrhoea be reduced by appropriate feeding and the use of cereal - based oral rehydration solutions, rather than standard ORS, during acute diarrhoea?

In addition, absorption of nutrients may also be reduced by as much as a third during acute diarrhoea.

The clinical importance of lactose intolerance can best be determined by checking whether diarrhoea rapidly worsens when milk is given, and rapidly improves when milk is temporarily replaced by a cooked cereal or other lactose - free food.

The death rate from acute diarrhoea can be cut by ORT.

Often, mothers go from one doctor to another looking for an instant cure for their child's diarrhoea, not realising that they are putting the child in danger by not giving it enough food.

This takes place in a number of ways: the child loses its appetite and eats less; parents may withhold food from the sick child; nutrients are poorly absorbed by the intestines during and after the diarrhoea episode; and body tissues are broken down metabolically.

Most people do not understand that diarrhoea is caused by germs in food or water, and that breastfeeding provides the best and cleanest possible food.

The scientific rationale for ORT, and for continued feeding during diarrhoea, has been established beyond doubt: The challenge now is to place that knowledge in the hands of parents so that they themselves can protect their children against the dehydration and malnutrition caused by childhood's most common disease.

Continued breastfeeding to two years, accompanied by appropriate complementary feeding, maintains good nutritional status and continues to help prevent diarrhoea.

If the NPP people doubt it, they should ask Capt. Koda what made him develop diarrhoea when he was picked up by the BNI in connection with the three South African mercenaries.

These may include infection by adenoviruses, which cause colds, rotaviruses, which can cause diarrhoea, and the hepatitis C virus.

The brain responds by speeding up bowel movements, or inducing diarrhoea or vomiting in extreme cases.

Meanwhile, a child dies every 15 seconds from diarrhoea caused by...

It is a serious illness caused by infection of the colon by the bacteria, C. difficile, which produces toxins that cause inflammation, severe diarrhoea and can in the most serious of cases be fatal.

Sida's results are also achieved in other programmes worldwide: its support has been essential in the production of the Dukoral oral cholera vaccine, which helps prevent cholera in adults and children and travellers» diarrhoea caused by bacteria from the E. coli family.

If you're giving us a dirty look and recalling how your jeans magically did up when you had gastro, consider this: even producing four to six litres of diarrhoea soon after eating only reduced calories absorbed by around 12 per cent in a study of young women published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

If grumbling is accompanied by bloating, diarrhoea or extreme gas, it may hint at a gastrointestinal disorder such as irritable bowel syndrome.

The normal balance of bacteria in a child's body can be upset by various factors including; antibiotic use, chronic diarrhoea or constipation, lack of breastfeeding, gastrointestinal infection, and a cesarean birth, so children with any of these factors are especially good «candidates» for probiotic supplements.

True food allergies can cause symptoms ranging from gastrointestinal discomfort (including diarrhoea, stomach upset, indigestion, bloating, gas, nausea, vomiting, and cramps), skin rashes, and tingling in the mouth, to a devastating reaction marked by difficulty breathing and even death.

Because they remain undigested they pull water into the small and large bowel and are then rapidly fermented by intestinal bacteria resulting in distension of the gut, bloating and diarrhoea.

Any symptoms you may experience are similar to those caused by other organisms, such as abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhoea, and mineral / vitamin deficiency since nutrients will be leached from your system.