ALLMedicine™ Diarrhea Center

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Shigella is a leading cause of moderate-to-severe diarrhea globally and the causative agent of shigellosis and bacillary dysentery. Associated with 80-165 million cases of diarrhea and over 13% of diarrheal deaths, in many regions Shigella exposur...

Mar 2nd, 2021 - The prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in the United States is between 7% and 16%, most common in women and young people, with annual direct costs estimated at more than $1 billion dollars in the United States. Traditionally, the diagnos...

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Research exploring the unique exposure pathways to fecal pathogens for young children and innovative water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions for susceptible pediatric populations is needed to reduce the burden of diarrheal diseases and...

Mar 1st, 2021 - The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus which belongs to the Coronaviridae family. In March 2019 the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was a pandemic. COVID-19 patients t...

Mar 1st, 2021 - Recent studies have gained a better appreciation of the potential impacts of enteric infections beyond symptomatic diarrhea. It is recognized that infections by several enteropathogens could be associated with growth deficits in children and intes...

Oct 1st, 2019 - Acute noninfectious diarrhea is a common phenomenon in intensive care unit patients. Multiple treatments are suggested but the most effective management is unknown. A working group of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, aimed to eva...

Aug 12th, 2019 - If you shudder at the thought of having a colonoscopy to check for hidden colon cancer, chances are it's the "prep" that's stoking your apprehension. It's certainly a major inconvenience: getting ready for the procedure takes much longer — an aver...

Jul 28th, 2019 - The evaluation of patients with chronic watery diarrhea represents a diagnostic challenge for clinicians because organic causes, including inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis, and chronic infection, must be differentiated from function...

Jul 15th, 2019 - AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Laboratory Evaluation of Functional Diarrhea and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults (IBS-D).|2019|Smalley W,Falck-Ytter C,Carrasco-Labra A,Wani S,Lytvyn L,|standards,diagnosis,etiology,p...

Jul 10th, 2019 - This document presents the official recommendations of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) on the Laboratory Evaluation of Functional Diarrhea and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-D) in Adults. The guideline was de...

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Shigella is a leading cause of moderate-to-severe diarrhea globally and the causative agent of shigellosis and bacillary dysentery. Associated with 80-165 million cases of diarrhea and over 13% of diarrheal deaths, in many regions Shigella exposur...

Mar 2nd, 2021 - The prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in the United States is between 7% and 16%, most common in women and young people, with annual direct costs estimated at more than $1 billion dollars in the United States. Traditionally, the diagnos...

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Research exploring the unique exposure pathways to fecal pathogens for young children and innovative water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions for susceptible pediatric populations is needed to reduce the burden of diarrheal diseases and...

Mar 1st, 2021 - The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus which belongs to the Coronaviridae family. In March 2019 the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was a pandemic. COVID-19 patients t...

Mar 1st, 2021 - Recent studies have gained a better appreciation of the potential impacts of enteric infections beyond symptomatic diarrhea. It is recognized that infections by several enteropathogens could be associated with growth deficits in children and intes...

Jan 4th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Patients with severe COVID-19 were significantly more likely than those with milder cases to have GI symptoms of anorexia and diarrhea, as well as...

Jan 3rd, 2021 - Christina Fuhrman contracted a C. diff infection in 2012, and her daughter Pearl contracted one in 2015. C. diff, a bacterium that causes diarrhea and colitis, is a superbug fueled by the overuse of antibiotics.   COLUMBIA, Mo. — A memory haunts C...

Dec 13th, 2020 - The drug review panel for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has endorsed the approval of several cancer therapies. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended granting conditional marketing authorization for trastuz...

Dec 9th, 2020 - When chatting at cocktail parties about his job, Mark Ratain, an oncologist and pharmacologist at the University of Chicago, often asks a short riddle: "Your doctor gives you a prescription for a new drug. The pharmacist says, 'Make sure you take ...

Nov 18th, 2020 - Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. A Possible Complication of COVID-19?  A 75-year-old woman with a history of type 2 diabetes and hypertension presents to the emergency department with worsening ...