Gastroenteritis in Medical News

Ondansetron reduces vomiting, hospital admissions in children with gastroenteritis

... in children with acute gastroenteritis. gastroenteritis is an infection, often caused by a virus, that ... generally have between one and three episodes of gastroenteritis each year," said Dr. Lisa Ross DeCamp, lead ... children in the country will be hospitalized for gastroenteritis by the time they're 5," said DeCamp who was a ...

FDA OKs New Rotavirus Vaccine

... causes an estimated 2.7 million cases of gastroenteritis in U.S. children each year -- and about 55,000 to ... the new vaccine protects against rotavirus gastroenteritis caused by the G1, G3, G4, and G9 strains, the ... in preventing both severe and mild cases of gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus during the first two years of ...

FDA APPROVES ROTARIX(R) [Rotavirus Vaccine, live, oral], THE FIRST VACCINE LICENSED TO COMPLETE THE ROTAVIRUS IMMUNIZATION SERIES BY FOUR MONTHS OF AGE

... live, oral] for the prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants. ROTARIX will offer protection against ... is indicated for the prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis caused by G1 and non-G1 types (G3, G4, and G9) ... hospitalizations (96%) and severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (90%). In addition, ROTARIX was effective against ...

Staying Dry at Beach May Spare Your Stomach

... "Our findings suggest that there is an increased risk of acquiring gastroenteritis the longer a bather either sits in the wet sand or stays in the water," ... The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about viral gastroenteritis . -- Robert Preidt ...

School Closures May Not Be Necessary When Swine Flu Strikes

... attending physician at Northern Westchester Hospital and a pediatrician in private practice in Chappaqua, N.Y. "You could have a strep throat or gastroenteritis or something, and that's overkill for those people and a hardship on the families, working parents -- providing babysitters and so on for someone who ...

New Insights Could Help Shield Babies From Diarrhea Bug

... the CDC said in an agency news release. "Rotavirus vaccines have rapidly and dramatically reduced hospitalizations and emergency room visits for gastroenteritis in American children," Umesh D. Parashar, an investigator at the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said in the ....

Charlotte Cowan MD Honored by Obama Administration for Innovative 'Doctor Hippo' Series of Children's Books

... bacterial pharyngitis among children and adults, are the leading cause of acquired heart disease among children throughout the world. Acute gastroenteritis continues to be a common illness among infants and children worldwide. In the US, diarrhea accounts for more than 1.5 million outpatient visits, ...

Global Warming Biggest Health Threat of 21st Century, Experts Say

... decline, leading to greater food insecurity in a world where 800 million already go to bed hungry every night. Water shortages will lead to more gastroenteritis and malnutrition, among other health problems. Extreme climactic events such as flash flooding due to changing rainfall patterns and melting ice ...

When Stomach Flu Strikes, Work With, Not Against, Body's Natural Defenses

... Gastroenterologist Offers Tips for Treatment San Bruno, CA (PRWEB) May 13, 2009 -- As many as 90 million cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) affect Americans each year, according to eMedicine from WebMD. AGE, an inflammation of the digestive tract, is often caused by a viral, ...

Call to action: Running out of options to fight ever-changing 'super bugs'

... the most antibiotic-resistant with fewer treatment options in life-threatening diseases, such as certain forms of pneumonia, bloodstream infections, gastroenteritis and even meningitis." Gram-negative bacteria can release toxins created by their cell walls into the bloodstream, where it is harder to treat them. ...

Chemstar Corporation Responds to Industry Demand by Developing an All-In-One Bodily Fluid Clean-Up Kit

... in cases of noroviruses, which are easily spread." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 23 million cases of acute gastroenteritis are due to norovirus infection. Among the 232 outbreaks of norovirus illness reported to CDC from July 1997 to June 2000, 57% were foodborne. "Any ...

New Vaccine May Account for Less Severe Rotavirus Season

... hands and objects. Children can transmit the virus before and after they become sick with diarrhea. The nation's leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children, rotavirus typically is responsible for some 410,000 doctor visits, up to 270,000 trips to the emergency room, up to ...

Flat carbonated drinks not an effective alternative to oral rehydration solution

... in Childhood. Oral rehydration solution is a liquid containing the ideal balance of salts and sugars for avoiding dehydration in people with gastroenteritis who are losing fluids, salts and sugars through diarrhoea and vomiting. It is commonly believed that flat carbonated drinks are an effective ...

Vaccine for stomach flu may be possible, UNC research shows

... hospitals and in assisted living facilities. The viruses are especially hard on the elderly in 2006, 19 deaths were associated with norovirus acute gastroenteritis in long-term care facilities in the United States. Often, infection can mean many miserable hours, with time lost from work, school and other ...

Gastroenteritis Outbreak Feared In Pakistan

... of heat and hundreds of people suffering from gastroenteritis have been admitted in hospitals in Pakistan's ... to hospital in Sheikhupura. The number of gastroenteritis cases in the district has touched 1,200 within a ... was the reason for the increasing incidence of gastroenteritis in the area. Around 50 people were admitted ...

Rotavirus can Spread Beyond the Intestine

... Houston Texas, tested samples obtained from hospitalized children with gastroenteritis and compared them with samples taken from children admitted with ... of unknown cause without gastroenteritis, and in 5 of 41 children with gastroenteritis but with rotavirus-negative stools. No antigen was found in the blood of ...

Hundreds Literally Sea ‘sick’ on Luxury Linr

... Queen Elizabeth 2. This virus causes a contagious gastric illness, gastroenteritis that leaves its victims with diarrhea, stomach pain, nausea and vomiting. ... 11 that some of the passengers and crew were sick with symptoms resembling gastroenteritis caused by norovirus. The ship was examined by CDC officials at ...

Viral Gastroenteritis Grips Quebec Enmasse

... Quebec and New Brunswick are facing one of the worst gastroenteritis epidemics that has thrown more than 35 hospitals out of gear, with ... adopting hygiene which includes, thorough washing of the hands. The gastroenteritis attack is believed to be the handiwork of a resistant strain of the ...

Experts Call for Rotavirus Vaccine for All

... Oral rotavirus vaccines to prevent severe gastroenteritis should now be made available to all Australian children, senior ... to rotavirus, and one in 25 will be admitted to hospital for rotavirus gastroenteritis during the first five years of life,” the Professors say. The case ...

Warning on Eating Shellfish Stepped Up

... date there have been about 200 reported cases of people coming down with gastroenteritis after eating raw shellfish. The illness is caused by Vibrio ... of Vibrio, was laid to rest. With an unusually warm summer an outbreak of gastroenteritis took place among cruise ship passengers who ate Alaskan-raised shellfish. ...

GlaxoSmithKline's Zofran Helps In Treatment Of Dehydration In Children

... to limit vomiting can help in the recovery of children dehydrated by viral gastroenteritis //. A latest study released on Wednesday further highlights that emergency room doctors are overusing the drug. Childhood gastroenteritis accounts for over 1.5 million of the emergency room visits annually. ...

One More Succumbs To Gastroenteritis In Mumbai, More People Hospitalised

... One more person died of gastroenteritis in the city, talking the toll to three, as more than 200 people were ... no need to panic. According to Doke, water is the main culprit in gastroenteritis outbreaks. However, samples of blood, urine, stools and water have been ...

Sunstroke Claims Fourteen More Lives in Delhi

... Delhi had recorded a maximum of 44.9 degrees Celsius, highest of the year so far. Meanwhile, the DDU hospital reported over 60 cases of gastroenteritis and 20 more were reported from the Bara Hindu Rao hospital. Most hospitals in the city have recorded a 30 to 40 percent rise in the cases of stomach ...

AMA Calls For Calm Approach To Aged Care Illness Outbreaks

... nursing home populations. 'No matter how perfect the environment and the systems, there will still be outbreaks. 'Outbreaks of gastroenteritis are commonly related to airborne viruses in addition to food poisoning so it is important to be sure about the aetiology of such outbreaks. ...

Australian State Health Official Sacked Following Poisoning Outbreak in Nursing Home

... where the outbreak occurred. Four residents, three men and a woman aged in their 70s and 80s, are believed to have died from salmonella-related gastroenteritis over the Easter period but the minister was not notified until Friday. Salmonella is a type of bacteria that causes food poisoning and is ...

Cryptosporidium Outbreak in South Australia

... South Australia is battling more than the hottest month in the last 100 years. There has been a surge in gastroenteritis caused by //the microorganism cryptosporidium, in this part of the continent. The 228 known cases this year of the parasitic outbreak compare ...

Anxiety and Stress Levels Aggravate IBS

... and driven people are more prone to irritable bowel syndrome, usually// known as IBS. The researchers studied 620 people who had confirmed gastroenteritis caused by a bacterial infection. None had had IBS before, or indeed any serious bowel disorder. Participants were asked to complete a detailed ...

WHO Awards Prequalification Status to the First UAE Approved Vaccine

... has been recently awarded with a //prequalification status by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is the first time a vaccine against rotavirus gastroenteritis has received such clearance. The WHO prequalification endorses the Rotarix quality, safety and efficacy, and its ability to fulfill tender ...

Norwalk Virus Forces Closure Of Canadian Hospital

... severely pronounced in children, older people and immuno compromised population. Norwalk virus causes viral gastroenteritis, acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis resulting due to food poisoning. There is no therapy for this disease except to maintain fluid balance in the body. It generally settles down in a ...

Sanitation and Science Prevent Norovirus Spread

... implications of norovirus. Noroviruses, also known as Norwalk and Norwalk-like viruses, are estimated to cause 23 million cases of acute gastroenteritis in the United States each year. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, and sometimes fever. This winter has seen what some say is a ...

A Patented Device for Rapid Diagnosis of Diseases

... of infectious diseases caused by various bacteria, notable amongst which are Salmonella, Campylobacter and Listeria, the causal agents of most gastroenteritis cases due to food poisoning, as well as of other symptomatologies associated with this condition. With the aim of extending the uses of the ...

Severe Cold is Harbinger of Infections

... and no sun. The virus cannot multiply when there is good sunlight." However, the other diseases that plague children like jaundice, typhoid and gastroenteritis are lessas those viruses don't multiply in winter. According to P.K. Mukherjee, a senior private physician, a major reason for many people ...

Majority Of Doctors Tend To Ignore Milk Allergy Cases In Babies

... Allergy and is sponsored by SHS International. The survey found out that most of the doctors confuse the symptoms with other conditions such as gastroenteritis and colic moreover they don't trust their own colleagues to make the correct diagnosis of cows' milk allergy – one of the most common allergic ...

Water–borne Diseases Takes Tw

... Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had a record of 345 admissions on Sunday with various diseases — 208 with fever, 58 with malaria, 32 with gastroenteritis diarrhoea, vomiting,; 10 of 'suspected dengue', 19 with jaundice and 18 of 'suspected leptospirosis'. Health experts warn that malaria and ...

Two Die, 55 Afflicted With Gastroenteritis And Diarrhea

... Two persons died of gastroenteritis and diarrhoea and 55 others were afflicted with the disease in Chhajli village in the Sunam sub-division //. The deaths of an eight-year-old ...

Over 100 Persons Taken Ill After Feasting At A Marriage Dinner

... hospital spokesman said. Earlier, 35 people had fallen ill after eating at a marriage feast. While many of those admitted to hospital are gastroenteritis patients, the possibility of botulism infection - a rare but serious digestive disorder - afflicting them cannot be ruled out, Ratlam district chief ...

Acute Gastroenteritis Responds To Treatment With Either Gatorade Or Pedialyte

... findings at the 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology. The researchers tracked 73 children in India with acute gastroenteritis and administered Gatorade, Pedialyte or another oral rehydration solution containing carbohydrates, sodium and potassium for 2 days. Out of the 61 ...

Effective Treatment Option For Dehydrated Kids

... researchers found oral rehydration therapy is as effective as intravenous fluid therapy for rehydration of moderately dehydrated children due to gastroenteritis . In conclusion researchers say oral rehydration therapy is sometimes superior and when fluids are given orally, treatment can begin quicker. ...

Fight against E.coli

... common food-borne bacteria such as Salmonella and Campylobacter." Most E.coli bacteria are harmless, but a strain known as E.coli 0157 causes gastroenteritis symptoms such as diarrhoea. It usually clears up after a few days, but complications that may arise include inflammation of the bowel, and anaemia. ...