Viral gastroenteritis
Alternate Names : Rotavirus infection, Norwalk virus, Gastroenteritis - viral, Stomach flu
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Viral Gastroenteritis
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Viral Gastroenteritis
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How is viral gastroenteritis transmitted?
Viral gastroenteritis is transmitted from person to person. Viruses are present in the stool and vomit of people who are infected.
Viral gastroenteritis is inflammation of the stomach and intestines caused by a virus. The infection can lead to diarrhea and vomiting. It is sometimes called the "stomach flu."
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I have viral gastroenteritis (stomach flu) and I am 19 weeks pregnant should I be worried since I am having trouble keeping my food down, and what can I do to ease the symptoms.
How does one contract a stomach virus? How can it be prevented?
Stomach Flu (Viral Gastroenteritis)
What is stomach flu?
Stomach flu is a viral infection that affects the stomach and small intestine. It is also called viral gastroenteritis. The illness is usually brief, lasting 1 to 3 days.
Viral gastroenteritis
Viral gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the stomach and intestines caused by a viral infection. Rotavirus is the most common virus that causes viral gastroenteritis. It mainly affects the small intestines.
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Is viral gastroenteritis a serious illness?
For most people, it is not. People who get viral gastroenteritis almost always recover completely without any long-term problems.
Viral gastroenteritis - In otherwise healthy adults, viral infections of the digestive tract are often responsible for mild episodes of gastroenteritis. These viral infections include the Norwalk virus, rotaviruses, adenoviruses and other agents.
Viral gastroenteritis —stomach flu
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Viral gastroenteritis
Definition
Abdominal pain is pain that you feel anywhere between your chest and groin. This is often referred to as the stomach region or belly.
Viral gastroenteritis is one of the most common acute (sudden-onset) illnesses in the United States, with millions of cases reported annually.
Viral gastroenteritis is contagious. The viruses that cause gastroenteritis are spread through close contact with infected persons. Individuals may also become infected by eating or drinking contaminated foods or beverages.
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Acute viral gastroenteritis
Non-GI infections may cause a few episodes of vomiting.
In cases of viral gastroenteritis, kids often develop fever and vomiting first, followed by diarrhea.
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Gastroenteritis (viral gastroenteritis, stomach flu) is an infection caused by a variety of viruses that results in vomiting and/or diarrhea. Even though it is often called the "stomach flu," it is not caused by the influenza viruses.
The medical term for stomach flu is viral gastroenteritis. In the United States there are about 50,000 Americans who are hospitalized every year for stomach flu and stomach flu symptoms.
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation and diagnosis of viral gastroenteritis in children
Evaluation of diarrhea in children
Food poisoning in children
Lactose intolerance
Oral rehydration therapy
Pathogenesis of acute diarrhea in children ...
Food poisoning (salmonella, shigella) or viral gastroenteritis (stomach flu)
Heartburn, indigestion, or gastroesophageal reflux
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis) ...
Disease, Norwalk: Disease due to Norwalk virus, not one but a family of small round viruses that are an important cause of viral gastroenteritis (viral inflammation of the stomach and intestines).
If any of these scenarios sound familiar, you or someone in your family may have viral gastroenteritis - an intestinal infection marked by watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and nausea or vomiting.
Stomach viruses can be spread through contaminated food or water and can cause viral gastroenteritis, meaning inflammation of the stomach and intestines (small and large).
The most common cause of diarrhea is viral gastroenteritis, a mild viral infection that goes away on its own within a few days. This condition is often called the stomach flu.
Incidence and Prevalence: Because food poisoning is commonly underdiagnosed or mistaken for viral gastroenteritis, the actual number of cases is unknown. Foodborne illness affects millions of individuals worldwide.
Rotavirus is a form of viral gastroenteritis. Rotavirus is a common cause of gastroenteritis for Australian babies and preschool children. Infection is caused by person-to-person contact such as touching contaminated hands or faeces.
Medically referred to as viral gastroenteritis, it afflicts both the stomach and the small intestine. Stomach flu is not at all related to influenza and is not caused by one particular virus.
Most cases of stomach viruses (also called viral gastroenteritis) tend to resolve on their own after a few days. See also: diarrhea
Expectations (prognosis)
When dehydration is recognized and treated promptly, the outcome is generally good.
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Severe abdominal pain can be from mild conditions, such as gas or the cramping of viral gastroenteritis.
Noroviruses are members of a group of viruses called caliciviruses, also known previously as "Norwalk-like viruses." Norovirus is also called viral gastroenteritis, food poisoning, and calicivirus.
Why: may suggest toxic staphylococcal gastroenteritis (which follows 2-4 hours after eating food poisoned with the toxin), traveler's diarrhea and viral gastroenteritis.
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Viral gastroenteritis
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 See also: Gastroenteritis, Viral, Symptom, Vomiting, Fever
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