Acute gastroenteritis commonly causes diarrhea and vomiting in children and adolescents, resulting in many outpatient clinic visits, emergency department visits and hospitalizations, often owing ...

Background Reasons for poor guideline adherence in acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in children in high-income countries are unclear, but may be due to inconsistency between guideline recommendations ...

Although anyone can become infected, young children, older adults, immunocompromised persons and pregnant women are more susceptible and should take extra precautions. Norovirus gastroenteritis ...

Reach out to your healthcare provider if symptoms persist. Children who are sick with hemorrhagic gastroenteritis should stay home from daycare or school due to the highly contagious nature of STEC.