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When people with inflammatory bowel disease are not experiencing a flare-up of their illness, they feel quite well and are often free of symptoms...
Coeliac disease is an immune disease caused by gluten...
Amoebiasis can cause diarrhoea among travellers to developing countries...
The risk of traveller's diarrhoea is higher where sanitation and hygiene standards are poor...
You may be more prone to salmonellosis if you are elderly, have another medical condition (such as a weakened immune system) or are malnourished...
Gastroenteritis or Gastro can be dangerous for very young babies. Gastro is common in young children and spreads easily. Gastro is a bowel infection which causes diarrhoea (runny or watery poo) and...
Most people infected with Giardia parasites do not develop symptoms but can still spread the infection to others...
Outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis have been associated with child care centres, public swimming pools and contaminated water supplies...
Campylobacteriosis is a type of gastroenteritis and is more common in children under five years of age and young adults...
It is important to establish the cause of gastro, as different types of gastroenteritis respond to different treatments...