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Diarrhoea: Is the condition of having at least three loss of liquid bowel movement each day. It is often last for a few days and can result in dehydration due to fluid loss. Sign of dehydration often begins with loss of the normal stretchuness of the skin and change in personality.
This can progress to decrease urination loss of colour, a fast heart rate and decrease in responsiveness as it become more severe,loss but non wetery stool In babies who are breastfeed, how ever may be normal.
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`Couses- of diarrhoea.
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The most common cause is infection of the intestines due to either virus, parasite or bacteria à condition known as gastrointiritis those infections are often acquired from foods, and water that has contiminated by stool or directly from another person who is infected by it.
-Other Coused of diarrhoea can be Coused by chronic ethanol congestion.
-Ischemic vowel disease Is usually affect the older people and can be due to block arteries.
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Diarrhoea may be divided in three types.
-short diarrhoea watery diarrhoea
-short diarrhoea bloody watery diarrhoea and if it's last 4 more than a two weak and persistent diarrhoea.
The short duration watery diarrhoea may be due to infection by cholara, if blood is present is also known as Dysentry a number of non-infections Coused may also result in diarrhoea including hyperthyroidism lactose, implamatory bowel disease, A number of medications and irritable bowel syndrome among the other, In most cases stool cultures are not required to confirm the cases.
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Prevention of diarrhoea
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Is by improving sanitation, proper adequate and safe water supply, Hand washing, breastfeeding for at least six months is also recommended, and vaccination against ROTA VIRUS, Oral rehydration sulution which is clean water with modest amount of salt and sugar, along with zinc tablets are the treatment of choice.
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