Diarrheal diseases (signpost)

Diarrhea can be characterized as frequent bowel movements. This is a symptom with considerable subjective discoloration. Diarrhea is a common manifestation of various digestive disorders. Diarrheal diseases cause up to 20 million deaths a year worldwide, with young children most at risk.

According to etiology

 * Viral gastroenteritis (viral diarrheal diseases)
 * Rotavirus enteritis
 * Adenovirus enteritis
 * Bacterial gastroenteritis (bacterial diarrheal diseases)
 * Campylobacter enteritis (caused by: Campylobacter jejuni)
 * Salmonella enteritis (caused by: Salmonella enteritidis, S. typhimurium)
 * Typhoid fever (caused by: Salmonella typhi) – early constipation!
 * Paratyfus (caused by: Salmonella paratyphi)
 * Shigellosis (caused by: Shigella dysenteriae, flexneri, boydii, sonnei)
 * Cholera (originator: Vibrio cholerae)
 * Infections caused by Escherichia coli
 * Gastrointestinal parasitosis
 * protozoa: Toxoplasmosis (causative agent: Toxoplasma gondii), Toxocarosis (Toxocara canis/cati), Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia), Amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica), Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium parvum)
 * nematodes: Ascariasis (caused by: Ascaris lumbricoides), Trichuriosis (Trichuris trichiura), Trichinella spiralis, Enterobiosis (Enterobius vermicularis), Strongyloides stercoralis, Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanes, Dracunulus medinensis
 * cestodes: Teniosis (agents: Taenia solium, Taenia saginata or Diphyllobothrium latum, (Hymenolepis nana or children's tapeworm), Echinococcus granulosus, Echinococcus multilocularis…


 * Enterotoxicosis – caused by enterotoxins.
 * Drug-induced diarrhea
 * Pseudomembranous enterocolitis

Related articles

 * Diarrhea (pediatrics)
 * Differential diagnosis of diarrheal diseases
 * Therapy of diarrheal diseases
 * Antidiarrhoea agents

Reference
Infectious diseases Pediatrics Gastroenterology Microbiology Internal medicine