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Diarrhea

• Food poisoning

Food poisoning can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, and weakness.


• Irritable bowel syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome is a common condition that causes painful spasms and cramping in the large intestine.


• Traveler's diarrhea

Traveler's diarrhea causes watery diarrhea and cramps, sometimes with a low-grade fever.


• Gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis is inflammation of the stomach and intestine that causes diarrhea and vomiting.


• Medication reaction or side-effect

Medication side effects include nausea, vomiting, stomach upset, weakness, dizziness, seizures, and more.


• Viral gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis (stomach flu) is a viral condition that causes diarrhea and vomiting.


• Campylobacter

Gastroenteritis (stomach flu) is a viral condition that causes diarrhea and vomiting.


• Viral gastroenteritis

Campylobacter is an intestinal infection causing abdominal pain and cramping, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting.


• Antibiotic use

Antibiotics can cause stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, itching, rashes and dizziness.


• Lactose intolerance

Lactose intolerance, or the inability to digest lactose, leads to gas, bloating, and other symptoms.


• Drug overdose

A drug overdose can be fatal and causes sleepiness, confusion, coma, vomiting, and other symptoms.


• Inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease causes swelling and symptoms such as cramping, chronic diarrhea, and bleeding.


• Iron poisoning

Iron poisoning causes abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, and dehydration.


• Sickle cell disease

Sickle cell disease symptoms include repeated infections, yellow skin, fatigue, dizziness, pain, and more.


• Giardiasis

Giardiasis is an infection of the small intestine causing diarrhea, gas, bloating, nausea and stomach cramps.


• Hyperthyroidism

Hyperparathyroidism can cause fatigue and weakness, increased thirst, impaired thinking, and bone fractures.


• Ulcerative colitis

Ulcerative colitis causes swelling in the large intestine and can lead to cramping, diarrhea, and more.


• Diverticulosis

Diverticulosis is a condition of the colon and causes pain, cramping, infection, bleeding, and other symptoms.


• Amebiasis

Amebiasis is an intestinal parasitic infection causing diarrhea, cramps, gas, fever, and fatigue.


• Antibiotic-associated diarrhea

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea is frequent, watery bowel movements that happen after taking antibiotics.


• Celiac disease

Celiac disease, which is an intestinal reaction to gluten, can cause gas, diarrhea, bloating, and weight loss.


• Colon cancer

Colon cancer is often asymptomatic, but it can cause constipation, bowel obstruction, bloody stool and more.


• Crohn's disease

Crohn's disease is a digestive condition that causes swelling, cramping, diarrhea, and nutritional problems.


• Cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that causes the body to produce abnormally thick and sticky mucus.


• Rotavirus

Rotavirus is an inflammation of the stomach and intestines leading to diarrhea and vomiting.


• Salmonella

Salmonella are a type of bacteria that can infect the body and cause diarrhea, cramps, and fever.


• Shigellosis

Shigellosis is irritation of the stomach and intestine and causes bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever.


• Stool holding (encopresis)

Young children with encopresis soil their underwear or clothing with unintentional bowel movements.


• Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness and causes fever, general aches and pains, headache, and weakness.


• Mesenteric lymphadenitis

Mesenteric lymphadenitis is an inflammation of abdominal lymph nodes causing pain, diarrhea, fever, and more.


• Toxic shock syndrome

Toxic shock syndrome is a serious bacterial infection and causes fever, low blood pressure, a rash, and more.


• Ricin poisoning

Ricin is a dangerous poison in castor beans, and causes trouble breathing, nausea, fever and sweating.


• Radiation sickness

Radiation sickness is caused by a high dose of radiation, and causes vomiting, diarrhea, hair loss, and more.


• Cholera

Cholera is a bacterial infection that can cause diarrhea, nausea, excessive thirst, dry skin and vomiting.


• Carcinoid syndrome

Carcinoid syndrome is a group of symptoms such as flushing, wheezing, and diarrhea that may develop in people who have carcinoid cancer.