Understanding Intestinal Infections: Causes, Symptoms, and Management

What is it?

Gastrointestinal infections are viral, bacterial or parasitic infections that cause an inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract (gastroenteritis) and can involve the stomach and the small intestine.

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Additional names

This group contains additional names:
- Yersinia Enterocolitica Enteritis
- Enteritis due to Anaerobes
- Enteritis due to Calicivirus
- Aerobacter Enteritis
- Campylobacter Enteritis
- Staphylococcal Enteritis
- Arizona Enteritis
- Rotavirus Enteritis
- Escherichia Coli Enteritis
- Adenovirus Enteritis
- Clostridium Difficile Enteritis
- Proteus Enteritis
- Viral Enteritis
- Pseudomonas Enteritis
- Norwalk Virus Enteritis
- Astrovirus Enteritis
- Enteritis due to Gram-Negative Bacteria
- Bacterial Enteritis

Signs & symptoms

Symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Dehydration is the main danger of gastrointestinal infections, so drinking a lot of water is important, most gastrointestinal infections are self-limited and resolve within a few days.

Diagnosis

The primary thing for diagnosis is questioning and physical examination by your doctor. When symptoms shows a possible gastrointestinal infection, diagnosis can be confirmed through laboratory tests used for culture or antigen detection from stool specimens.

Treatment

For many cases of bacterial gastroenteritis, only symptomatic treatment is required.
- Rehydration – oral and sometimes intravenous
- Antibiotics may be recommended in particularly severe cases of gastroenteritis, or if a specific bacteria has been identified as the cause.

☝️ This is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult with your physician before making any medical decision.

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Source of Information - We analyze big data of more than 23 million patients de-identified medical records from the following sources:

National Institution of Health ∙ World Health Organization ∙ University of Illinois hospital