enteritis

Enteritis is gastroenteritis, enteritis, and colitis caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Clinical manifestations include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, watery stools or mucus, pus and bloody stools. Some patients may have fever and severe sensation after urgency, so it is also called infectious diarrhea. Enteritis is divided into acute and chronic types according to the length of the disease. The course of chronic enteritis usually lasts for more than two months. Clinically common chronic bacterial dysentery, chronic amoebic dysentery, schistosomiasis, non-specific ulcerative colitis, and limited enteritis. Enteritis is extremely common, with an annual incidence of about 3 to 5 billion people worldwide, especially in developing countries with high morbidity and mortality. Especially children. According to World Health Organization statistics, in developing countries, infectious diarrhea is the most common infectious disease in children, with a fatality rate of about 20%. In Asia, Africa and Latin America alone, about 4.6 million infants and young children are killed each year. life.

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