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Gastroenteritis |
Stomach Flu; Viral Gastroenteritis |
Gastroenteritis involves diarrhea or vomitting, with noninflammatory infection of the upper small bowel, or inflammatory infection of the colon, both part of the gastrointestinal tract.[1][2][3][4] Usually this is caused by an infection,[2] but this is not always the case. It usually is of acute onset, normally lasting less than 10 days and self-limiting. Sometimes it is referred to simply as 'gastro'. It is often called the stomach flu or gastric flu even though it is not related to influe ...
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Gastroenteritis Organizations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- Merck & Co., Inc.
- National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- Adenovirus (Nemours Foundation)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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