Therein lies the problem in diagnosing the organism as
the primary cause of diarrhea.
Not exact matches
It is safe and contains antibodies that help protect infants from common childhood illnesses — such as
diarrhea and pneumonia, the two
primary causes of child mortality worldwide.
Plus, if a baby is breastfeeding as his
primary source
of nutrition, his exposure to organisms in food and water that can
cause stomach infections and
diarrhea is limited.
The researchers tested OCA in three groups
of patients: 10 with
primary BAD, where the intestine is otherwise healthy; 10 with secondary BAD, where malabsorption can occur as a result
of another disease such as Crohn's; and eight with other
causes of chronic
diarrhea, who served as a control group.
Symptoms improved with OCA treatment in the
primary BAD patients and some secondary BAD patients, but not in those with other
causes of chronic
diarrhea.
Panleukopenia is a virus that usually
causes clinical signs
of severe gastroenteritis, with the
primary signs
of disease being loss
of appetite, vomiting and
diarrhea.
Pan-hypoproteinemia is not a feature
of EPI, and its presence suggests that
primary small intestinal disease is
causing the
diarrhea and weight loss, rather than EPI.