Diarrhea |
Dysentery |
Dysentery is an illness involving severe diarrhea that is often associated with blood in the feces. It is caused by ingestion of food containing microorganisms, causing a disease in which inflammation of the intestines affect the body significantly. There are two major types: shigellosis, which is caused by one of several types of Shigella bacteria; and amoebic dysentery, which is caused by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica. In 1898, the same year that the United States declared war on Spain ...
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Resources
- American Gastroenterological Association
- Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea (MayoClinic)
- Are Your Bowels Moving? (Nemours Foundation)
- Brainerd Diarrhea (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
- Childhood Diarrhea (HealthWorld)
- Childhood Diarrhea (HealthWorld)
- Childhood Diarrhea (HealthWorld)
- Chronic Diarrhea (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Diarrhea (National Institutes of Health)
- Colonoscopy (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Colonoscopy [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
- Diarrhea (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Diarrhea (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Diarrhea (Medline Plus)
- Diarrhea (National Institutes of Health)
- Diarrhea (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Diarrhea (Lab Tests Online)
- Diarrhea (Cleveland Clinic)
- Diarrhea (Cleveland Clinic)
- Diarrhea (Cleveland Clinic)
- Diarrhea (HealthWorld)
- Diarrhea (HealthWorld)
- Diarrhea (HealthWorld)
- Diarrhea (HealthWorld)
- Diarrhea (University of Maryland Medical Center)
- Diarrhea (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Diarrhea (MayoClinic)
- Diarrhea (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Digestive Diseases and Nutrition: Questions and Answers (Cleveland Clinic)
- Digestive Diseases Dictionary [Easy-to-Read] (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Directory of Digestive Disease Organizations for Patients (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- El aparato digestivo y su funcionamiento (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Gastrointestinal (Scleroderma Foundation Greater Washington DC)
- Gastrointestinal Infections and Diarrhea (Nemours Foundation)
- Gastrointestinal Infections and Diarrhea (Nemours Foundation)
- Giardiasis (Division of Parasitic Diseases, NCID, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Microbes in Sickness and in Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Nutrition Problems and Their Solutions (Cleveland Clinic)
- Preventing Dehydration from Diarrhea (American Medical Association)
- Radiography-Lower GI Tract (Barium Enema "BE") (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Rotavirus Vaccine: Preventing Severe Diarrheal Disease in Infants (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Stool Changes (Cleveland Clinic)
- Stool Tests (Nemours Foundation)
- The Treatment of Diarrhea with Homeopathic Medicines (HealthWorld)
- TMP Sulfa/Bactrim (Cleveland Clinic)
- Traveler/'s Diarrhea (Cleveland Clinic)
- Travelers' Diarrhea: Frequently Asked Questions (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Treating Diarrhea and Dehydration (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Ulcerative Colitis (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Vomiting and Diarrhea: Helping Your Child through Sickness (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Your Digestive System and How It Works (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

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