In medicine, diarrhea (from the Greek, "diarrhoia" meaning "a flowing through"), also spelled diarrhoea (see spelling differences), is the condition of having frequent loose or liquid bowel movements. Acute diarrhea is a common cause of death in developing countries and the second most common cause of infant deaths worldwide. The loss of fluids through diarrhea can cause severe dehydration which is one cause of death in diarrhea sufferers. A stud...
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Diarrhea
Medicine
Symptom of:
- Dysentery
- Bacterial gastroenteritis
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Cholera
- Pellagra
- Colorectal cancer
- Leukemia
- Ovarian cancer
- Medullary thyroid cancer
- AIDS
Side effect of:
Includes symptoms:
Diseases or conditions caused:
Cause Of Death
People Who Died This Way:
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From the Pet Health base
Symptom of:
- Canine distemper
- Leptospirosis
- Canine coronavirus infection
- Salmon poisoning disease
- Canine coccidiosis
- Feline infectious peritonitis
- Feline leukemia virus infection
- Feline immunodeficiency virus infection
- Feline hyperthyroidism
- Canine cancer
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