What are the complications of Diarrhoea in children? | Apollo Hospitals

• Infection of the gut (gastroenteritis) is the common cause:
• A virus is the common cause of infective diarrhoea. Sometimes it is just 'one of those germs going about'. Various viruses are easily spread from person to person by close contact, or when an infected person prepares food for others. Adenovirus is another common cause.
• Food poisoning (eating food infected with germs called microbes) causes some cases of diarrhoea. Food poisoning infection is usually caused by a germ called a bacterium. Poisons (toxins) produced by bacteria can also cause food poisoning. Another group of microbes called parasites can also be a cause of food poisoning.
• Water contaminated by bacteria or other germs is another common cause of infective diarrhoea, particularly in countries with poor sanitation.
• Non-infectious causes of sudden-onset (acute) diarrhoea are uncommon in children. For example, inflammation of the gut (colitis), food intolerance and various rare disorders of the gut. Toddler's diarrhoea is a common cause of persistent (chronic) diarrhoea in young children.

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