Diarrhea diseases
Most diarrhea diseases are caused by a lack of
water for personal cleanliness, toilets that are not clean and safe, and
contaminated water and food. The most common sign of diarrhea disease is
frequent, runny or liquid feces. Other signs include fever, headache,
trembling, chills, weakness, stomach and intestinal cramps, vomiting, and
swollen belly. What treatment to give depends on the kind of diarrhea a person
has.
These signs can help you know which diarrhea disease a person has
(1) Cholera: diarrhea like rice water, intestinal
pain and cramping, vomiting.
(2) Typhoid: fever, severe intestinal pain and
cramping, headache, constipation or thick diarrhea (like pea soup).
(3) Giardia: diarrhea that looks greasy, floats,
and smells bad, intestinal pain, low fever, vomiting, gas, burps sometimes
smell like rotten eggs.
(4) Bacterial dysentery (Shigella): bloody diarrhea
10 to 20 times a day, fever, severe intestinal pain and cramping.
(5) Amebic dysentery: diarrhea 4 to 10 times a day,
often with white mucus, fever, intestinal pain and cramping, and diarrhea right
after eating.
(6) Roundworm: swollen belly, weakness, large pink
or white worms that may come out in feces or through the mouth and nose.
(7) Hookworm: diarrhea, weakness,
anemia, pale skin. Children with hookworm may eat dirt. (8) Whipworm: diarrhea,
thin pink or grey worms in feces.
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