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• Crohn's disease: Crohn's disease causes inflammation of the digestive system. It is one of a group of diseases called inflammatory bowel disease. The disease can affect any area from the mouth to the anus. It often affects the lower part of the small intestine called the ileum.
• Dehydration: Loss of fluids in the body
• Diarrhea: Loose or watery stool.
• Enteritis: Inflammation of the intestine.
• Food poisoning: Poisoning from a substance or microbe in food.
• Gastroenteritis: Acute stomach or intestine inflammation
• Hypovolemia: An abnormal decrease in volume of blood.
• Infectious Diarrhea: Infectious digestive infections causing diarrhea.
• Inflammatory bowel disease: Any type of digestive condition caused by bowel inflammation.
• Traveler's diarrhea: Various diarrheal conditions often caught on international travel.
• Ulcerative colitis: Ulcerative colitis (Colitis ulcerosa, UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Ulcerative colitis is a form of colitis, a disease of the intestine, specifically the large intestine or colon, that includes characteristic ulcers, or open sores, in the colon.
• Viral diseases: Any disease that is caused by a virus
• Viral gastroenteritis: Virus causing gastroenteritis of digestive tract.
• Vomiting: Vomiting or retching symptoms.

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