| dientamoeba diarrhoea | <gastroenterology> Diarrhoea thought to be due to infection with the flagellate, Dientamoeba fragilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| drug-induced diarrhoea | <gastroenterology> Diarrhoea may be produced by several mechanisms. Laxatives may produce diarrhoea by increasing the flow of water into the intestine or by increasing the intestinal motility. Antibiotic medications can cause diarrhoea by killing the normal bacteria that live in the intestine and help us digest our food. Some drugs produce diarrhoea as a side effect or as drug toxicity. (27 Sep 1997) |
| dysenteric diarrhoea | Diarrhoea in bacillary or amoebic dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traveler's diarrhoea | <gastroenterology> A form of gastroenteritis that is through travel to developing countries. most often caused by a toxigenic E. Coli bacteria. Other causative agents include: Shigella, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Rotavirus, Giardia and amoebas. Symptoms include diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain and anorexia. (27 Sep 1997) |
| tropical diarrhoea | tropical sprue |
| fatty diarrhoea | Diarrhoea seen in malabsorption syndromes including chronic pancreatic disease, characterised by foul smelling stools with increased fat content that usually float in water. Synonym: pimelorrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zinc deficiency dermatitis and diarrhoea | A genetic disease called acrodermatitis enteropathica is characterised by the simultaneous occurrence of skin inflammation (dermatitis) and diarrhoea. The skin on the cheeks, elbows and knees and tissue about the mouth and anus are inflammed. There is also balding of the scalp, eyebrows and lashes, delayed wound healing and recurrent bacterial and fungal infections due to immune deficiency. The key laboratory finding is an abnormally low blood zinc level reflecting impaired zinc uptake. Oral treatment with zinc is curative. (12 Dec 1998) |
| flagellate diarrhoea | Diarrhoea due to infection with flagellate Giardia lamblia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lienteric diarrhoea | Diarrhoea in which undigested food appears in the stools. (05 Mar 2000) |