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Introduction: Traveler's diarrhea
Traveler's diarrhea: Travelers' diarrhea (TD) is the most common illness affecting travelers. Each year between 20%-50% of international travelers, ... more about Traveler's diarrhea.
Traveler's diarrhea: Various diarrheal conditions often caught on international travel. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Traveler's diarrhea is available below.
Symptoms of Traveler's diarrhea
- Diarrhea
- Sudden onset
- Loose stool
- Nausea
- Vomiting
See full list of 11 symptoms of Traveler's diarrhea
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Medical Textbooks Online about Traveler's diarrhea
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Traveler's diarrhea?
Misdiagnosis and Traveler's diarrhea
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only ...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic...read more »
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Causes of Traveler's diarrhea
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Prognosis for Traveler's diarrhea
Prognosis for Traveler's diarrhea: Most cases are benign and resolve in 1-2 days without treatment. TD is rarely life-threatening. The natural history of TD is that 90% of cases resolve within 1 week, and 98% resolve within 1 month. (Source: excerpt from Travelers' Diarrhea: DBMD)
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Statistics for Traveler's diarrhea
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Article Excerpts about Traveler's diarrhea
Travelers' diarrhea (TD) is the most common illness affecting travelers. Each year between 20%-50% of international travelers, an estimated 10 million persons, develop diarrhea. (Source: excerpt from Travelers' Diarrhea: DBMD)
Definitions of Traveler's diarrhea:
Traveler's diarrhea is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Traveler's diarrhea, or a subtype of Traveler's diarrhea,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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