Infectious Diseases

Diarrheal diseases:

Diarrhoea is defined as passing three or more loose or watery stools per day (or more frequent passage than is normal for the individual). Regular passing of formed faeces, as well as the loose, "pasty" passing of stools by breastfed infants, are not indicative of diarrhoea. Diarrhea is a sign of an intestinal infection that can be brought on by a number of different bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Because of inadequate hygiene, tainted food or water, or both, infection can spread from one person to another.