Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut ...

Medically reviewed by Shadi Hamdeh, MD Diarrhea is usually contagious when it is acute, meaning it comes on suddenly. Acute diarrhea is often caused by a microorganism such as a bacteria or virus.

His specialty is antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Guenter J Krejs is a Full Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at Graz University Medical ...

A probiotic mixture containing three specific probiotic bacterial strains reduces fever duration by 2 days in children with ...

Pepto-Bismol reduces diarrheal stool output in adults and children. It can also prevent traveler’s diarrhea. Antibiotics can only treat diarrhea due to bacterial infections. If the cause is a ...

Abdominal pain and diarrhea that occur at the same time may have a variety of causes. These can include indigestion, infections, allergies, food intolerances, and an intestinal condition ...