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.

Viral gastroenteritis (viral diarrheal diseases)
-Rotaviral Gastroenteritis

-Adenoviral 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 parasitosi
-protozoa : Toxoplasmosis ( causative agent: Toxoplasma gondii ), Toxocarosis ( Toxocara canis / cati ), Giardiasis ( Giardia lamblia ), Amoeba ( Entamoeba histolytica ), Cryptosporidiosis ( Cryptosporidium parvum )

-nematodes : Ascariasis ( agent: Ascaris lumbricoides or roundworm ) Trichuriósis ( Trichuris trichiura or Trichuris human ) Trichinella spiralis, Enterobiasis ( Enterobius vermicularis ), Strongyloides stercoralis , Ancylostoma duodenale , -Necator americanes , Dracunculus medinensis ...

-cestodes : Téniosis ( originators: Taenia solium, Taenia saginata or Taenia saginata ), Diphyllobothrium latum , ( Hymenolepis nana or Hymenolepis nana ), Echinococcus granulosus , Echinococcus multilocularis ...

Enterotoxicosis – caused by enterotoxins

Other articles related to diarrheal diseases:

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

Reference

 * 1) KLENER, Pavel, et al.  Internal Medicine.  3rd edition. Prague: Galén, 2006. pp. 610-613.  ISBN 80-7262-430-X.

Category: Infectious diseases, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Microbiology, Internal medicine