Diarrhoea

Bloody diarrhoea requires management strategies that are markedly different from those of watery and persistent diarrhoea.

Most children with watery diarrhoea regain their appetite after dehydration is corrected, whereas those with bloody diarrhoea often eat poorly until the illness resolves.

According to experts, diarrhoea can cause a “tremendous loss of water and electrolytes in a short amount of time” due to how much water you’re expelling when you go to the toilet.

As excuses for getting out of tricky work meetings go, having “constant diarrhoea” usually works a treat – and so it proved for the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti in a letter written 155 years ago.

As Gordon called Kaizar Zulu, we aren’t surprised……he suffers from verbal diarrhoea!

Dozens of people fromKanana, Suurman, Majaneng and Greenfield in Hammanskraal have packed Jubilee District Hospital complaining of diarrhoea, stomach cramps and vomiting.

For nearly seven years, Nimatu, a longtime listener of the radio programme, faced challenges with her first child, including frequent diarrhoea and constant crying.

He said: "I asked what was happening, what are you doing to Tommy and he said he had diarrhoea.

If these cells are plagued with cancer, symptoms can include hot, red facial flushing, diarrhoea and wheezing.

Infection with Salmonella can cause watery and sometimes bloody diarrhoea, abdominal pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, and fever.

In rare cases, the hookworms can even infect the intestines, leading to stomach pain, diarrhoea, and general discomfort.

It is critical that healthcare and laboratory workers consider and test for cholera in people with acute watery diarrhoea, even in the absence of a travel history or a link to known cases, the NICD said.

Nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea, feeling faint, dizziness and confusion are also symptoms.

Norovirus can be transmitted through contaminated food, water, and surfaces, the Health Department said, adding that the initial symptoms are vomiting and/or diarrhoea, head and body aches.

Officials said most of the admitted patients are aged 60 and above, exhibiting symptoms of high fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, breathing difficulties and heart-related issues.

Plus there can be side effects from these antifungal medicines that can include headaches, loss of taste, diarrhoea and itching.

She had been robbed of her dignity, forced to wear homemade nappies for her continual diarrhoea, her hands and face scarred from skin lesions, and relying on her husband to carry her into the shower to wash her.

She had diarrhoea and mouth sores.

Some people experience cramping, diarrhoea, and gas if they eat a high FODMAP diet.

Symptoms are individual to each person and can vary from abdominal pain, bloating, increased flatulence, diarrhoea, constipation and passing mucus, to lethargy, nausea, backache and bladder issues.