Sentences with phrase «of diarrheal»

So, the message is: At least part of the causes of diarrheal diseases, which claim so many children's lives in poor nations, is easily addressable.
Access to clean water and good hygiene is the simplest solution, and can reduce incidence of diarrheal disease by 40 %.
• increases in malnutrition and consequent disorders, with implications for child growth and development; • increased deaths, disease and injury due to heat waves, floods, storms, fires and droughts; • the increased burden of diarrheal disease; • the increased frequency of cardio - respiratory diseases due to higher concentrations of ground - level ozone related to climate change; and, • the altered spatial distribution of some infectious disease vectors.
Enterococcus faecium - Provides important nutritional support in the event of diarrheal diseases.
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.
Certain probiotic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have been shown to be effective in the prevention and treatment of a variety of diarrheal disorders in humans and in experimental mouse models.
Campylobacteriosis — Campylobacteriosis is a common cause of diarrheal illness in the U.S., and is lumped with eating raw or undercooked meat, but you can get it by handling the stool of an infected dog or cat.
Detailed Information The GI Pathogen Profile, using the FilmArray multiplex PCR system, tests for 22 Viruses, parasites, and bacteria, and offers new opportunities for the rapid, accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment of diarrheal illnesses which can improve patient outcomes and clinical success.
There are about a dozen studies that demonstrate that L. reuteri probiotic supplementation (typically around one billion CFU doses) reduces intestinal inflammation, reduces constipation, and reduces the severity and duration of diarrheal diseases and unexplained abdominal pain in children.
, Toxic Squash Syndrome: A case series of diarrheal illness following ingestion of bitter squash, 1999 — 2011
As it stands, more than 1.5 million children die of diarrheal disease annually around the world, mostly due to bad drinking water.
And when you have eight or ten liters of diarrheal stool every day you're losing lots and lots and lots of fluids.
It found that while cholera was the main source of illness, rotavirus remained a «significant cause» of diarrheal disease in children under five in Haiti.
«In the most recent global burden - of - disease study, diarrheal disease accounts for the loss of more disability - adjusted life years than any other infectious disease, and cryptosporidiosis is the second leading cause of diarrheal illness.»
«Recent studies in Africa and South Asia by people using sophisticated techniques show this organism is a very common, underappreciated cause of diarrheal disease in underresourced countries.»
This is actually like cholera — it's really the very young and very old who die, those who just can't tolerate the volume loss of having eight or 10 liters of diarrheal stool every day.
People are having eight to 10 liters a day of diarrheal stools during the acute phases of the illness and then there's all the other routine waste like needles and gloves.
Effect of not breastfeeding on the risk of diarrheal and respiratory mortality in children under 2 years of age in Metro Cebu, The Philippines.

Not exact matches

Cholera and other acute diarrheal diseases are the biggest threat post-disaster, putting the lives of thousands of children and the elderly in danger.
Breastfeeding can lower the risk of gastrointestinal and diarrheal infections, ear infections, respiratory infections, allergies, cancer, diabetes, childhood obesity, heart disease, eczema, necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Milk powder mixed with dirty water is the reason for the deadly diarrheal disease of infants shown.
To name a few of these benefits is Breast milk contains immunities to diseases and aids in the development of baby's immune system, Breast milk is more digestible than formula, protects against Crohn's disease, protects baby against diarrheal infections, and so much more so many to name that it would need it's own blog post so I don't want to steer away from the point of this blog.
decreased risk of ear / upper respiratory infections, diarrheal illnesses, and childhood cancer
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.
Nevertheless, whether there are 800 million or 1.8 billion people who lack safe water, the scourge of preventable deadly diarrheal and other waterborne diseases will continue to plague too many.
«Meta studies have shown that the controlled grafting of fecal transplantation from healthy donors is a safe and very effective treatment of acute diarrheal diseases caused by the pathogenic bacterium Clostridium difficile,» said Sieglinde Angelberger, gastroenterologist at the University Clinic for Internal Medicine III of the Medical University of Vienna and author of the study: «this was the reason why we applied this therapy for the treatment of patients with chronic intestinal diseases.»
«Healthy gut bacterial communities are known to benefit immune regulation, metabolism and potentially even the nervous system, so if cholera or other diarrheal diseases permanently impact the microbiota, there could be long - term effects on human health,» explains Regina LaRocque, MD, MPH, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Division of Infectious Diseases, co-senior author of the paper.
A new study delineates a sequential pattern of changes in the intestinal microbial population of patients recovering from cholera in Bangladesh, findings that may point to ways of speeding recovery from the dangerous diarrheal disease.
«Animals with severe cases of diarrhea lose a lot of fluid, so rehydration is the most important therapy for diarrheal illnesses.
Underwood, German, and their colleagues believe it will have major potential, not just for preemies but for babies and small children in the developing world who suffer high rates of other gut infections leading to diarrheal disease.
The WHO - ORS solution is a scientifically sound method of body fluid loss replacement, which was developed for use in developing countries where cholera or other diarrheal diseases are common.
Cholera, shigella, and E. coli are frequent causes of severe diarrheal illnesses in refugee camps.
Tuberculosis and diarrheal disease had to await the rise of farming, measles and bubonic plague the appearnce of large cities.
«Diarrheal illness is a leading cause of global mortality and morbidity,» said Richards - Kortum, director of the Rice 360 ˚: Institute for Global Health Technologies.
The impact of other ailments, such as diarrheal diseases, neonatal preterm birth complications, and lower respiratory infections, has significantly declined.
Lead author Zachary Crannell, a graduate student based at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative, said the disease, usually transmitted through drinking water, accounts for 20 percent of childhood diarrheal deaths in developing countries.
A rapid, affordable, accurate point - of - care test could greatly enhance care for the underserved populations who are most affected by parasites that cause diarrheal illness.»
Newer evidence suggests that the shorter course of treatment does not reduce the benefits of therapy; in addition this can reduce antibiotic - related side effects, the risk of Clostridium difficile, a serious diarrheal infection, antibiotic resistance and costs, said Dr. Kalil.
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.
ONE IN SIX PEOPLE lacks access to clean water worldwide, making diarrheal illness — a direct result of poor sanitation — the leading cause of death globally.
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.
The old editorial frets about the «demon of tuberculosis» and diarrheal diseases in Africa, conditions we have yet to exorcise.
In: Development of Vaccines and Drugs against Diarrheal Diseases, Studentlitteratur, Lund, Sweden.
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.
So I joined a wonderful group at Johns Hopkins to work on diarrheal diseases — in part because I, like anybody who traveled in the outbacks of Asia, was plagued with diarrhea there for months — and it was a breakthrough that occurred at the University of Texas.
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).
Commercial yogurt of any kind (soy, rice, cow, or coconut) is an insufficient source of the level of probiotic bacteria found effective in treating diarrheal illnesses, inflammatory bowel disease, and irritable bowel syndrome.
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.
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