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Diarrhea
The most common cause is an infection of the intestines due to either a virus, bacteria, or parasite; a condition known as gastroenteritis. These infections are often acquired from food or water that has been contaminated by stool, or directly from another person who is infected. It may be divided into three types: sho...
What are the three types of diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 317 ], "text": [ "short duration watery diarrhea, short duration bloody diarrhea, and if it lasts for more than two weeks, persistent diarrhea" ] }
572a446f1d046914007798b8
Diarrhea
The most common cause is an infection of the intestines due to either a virus, bacteria, or parasite; a condition known as gastroenteritis. These infections are often acquired from food or water that has been contaminated by stool, or directly from another person who is infected. It may be divided into three types: sho...
What is it known as if blood is present?
{ "answer_start": [ 603 ], "text": [ "dysentery" ] }
572a46351d046914007798bd
Diarrhea
Prevention of infectious diarrhea is by improved sanitation, clean drinking water, and hand washing with soap. Breastfeeding for at least six months is also recommended as is vaccination against rotavirus. Oral rehydration solution (ORS), which is clean water with modest amounts of salts and sugar, is the treatment of ...
What are some ways to prevent diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 40 ], "text": [ "improved sanitation, clean drinking water, and hand washing with soap" ] }
572a46351d046914007798be
Diarrhea
Prevention of infectious diarrhea is by improved sanitation, clean drinking water, and hand washing with soap. Breastfeeding for at least six months is also recommended as is vaccination against rotavirus. Oral rehydration solution (ORS), which is clean water with modest amounts of salts and sugar, is the treatment of ...
What else can a mom do to prevent diarrhea for her baby?
{ "answer_start": [ 111 ], "text": [ "Breastfeeding for at least six months" ] }
572a46351d046914007798bf
Diarrhea
Prevention of infectious diarrhea is by improved sanitation, clean drinking water, and hand washing with soap. Breastfeeding for at least six months is also recommended as is vaccination against rotavirus. Oral rehydration solution (ORS), which is clean water with modest amounts of salts and sugar, is the treatment of ...
What is the treatment of choice for diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 206 ], "text": [ "Oral rehydration solution (ORS), which is clean water with modest amounts of salts and sugar" ] }
572a46351d046914007798c0
Diarrhea
Prevention of infectious diarrhea is by improved sanitation, clean drinking water, and hand washing with soap. Breastfeeding for at least six months is also recommended as is vaccination against rotavirus. Oral rehydration solution (ORS), which is clean water with modest amounts of salts and sugar, is the treatment of ...
What conditions would a doctor prescribe antibiotics?
{ "answer_start": [ 838 ], "text": [ "cases such as those who have bloody diarrhea and a high fever, those with severe diarrhea following travelling, and those who grow specific bacteria or parasites" ] }
572a49623f37b31900478869
Diarrhea
About 1.7 to 5 billion cases of diarrhea occur per year. It is most common in developing countries, where young children get diarrhea on average three times a year. Total deaths from diarrhea are estimated at 1.26 million in 2013 – down from 2.58 million in 1990. In 2012, it is the second most common cause of deaths in...
HOw many cases of diarrhea are there a year?
{ "answer_start": [ 6 ], "text": [ "1.7 to 5 billion cases" ] }
572a49623f37b3190047886a
Diarrhea
About 1.7 to 5 billion cases of diarrhea occur per year. It is most common in developing countries, where young children get diarrhea on average three times a year. Total deaths from diarrhea are estimated at 1.26 million in 2013 – down from 2.58 million in 1990. In 2012, it is the second most common cause of deaths in...
How often do kids get diarrhea in developing countries?
{ "answer_start": [ 137 ], "text": [ "average three times a year" ] }
572a49623f37b3190047886b
Diarrhea
About 1.7 to 5 billion cases of diarrhea occur per year. It is most common in developing countries, where young children get diarrhea on average three times a year. Total deaths from diarrhea are estimated at 1.26 million in 2013 – down from 2.58 million in 1990. In 2012, it is the second most common cause of deaths in...
Frequent episodes of diarrhea are common in what type of cases?
{ "answer_start": [ 428 ], "text": [ "malnutrition" ] }
572a49623f37b3190047886c
Diarrhea
About 1.7 to 5 billion cases of diarrhea occur per year. It is most common in developing countries, where young children get diarrhea on average three times a year. Total deaths from diarrhea are estimated at 1.26 million in 2013 – down from 2.58 million in 1990. In 2012, it is the second most common cause of deaths in...
What long term issues can arise from frequent diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 557 ], "text": [ "stunted growth and poor intellectual development" ] }
572a4e22fed8de19000d5b89
Diarrhea
Secretory diarrhea means that there is an increase in the active secretion, or there is an inhibition of absorption. There is little to no structural damage. The most common cause of this type of diarrhea is a cholera toxin that stimulates the secretion of anions, especially chloride ions. Therefore, to maintain a char...
What is secretory diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 39 ], "text": [ "an increase in the active secretion, or there is an inhibition of absorption" ] }
572a4e22fed8de19000d5b8a
Diarrhea
Secretory diarrhea means that there is an increase in the active secretion, or there is an inhibition of absorption. There is little to no structural damage. The most common cause of this type of diarrhea is a cholera toxin that stimulates the secretion of anions, especially chloride ions. Therefore, to maintain a char...
What are the causes of secretory diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 174 ], "text": [ "cause of this type of diarrhea is a cholera toxin that stimulates the secretion of anions, especially chloride ions" ] }
572a4e22fed8de19000d5b8b
Diarrhea
Secretory diarrhea means that there is an increase in the active secretion, or there is an inhibition of absorption. There is little to no structural damage. The most common cause of this type of diarrhea is a cholera toxin that stimulates the secretion of anions, especially chloride ions. Therefore, to maintain a char...
Is there any structural damage associated with secretory diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 115 ], "text": [ ". There is little to no structural damage." ] }
572a50757a1753140016ae9e
Diarrhea
Osmotic diarrhea occurs when too much water is drawn into the bowels. If a person drinks solutions with excessive sugar or excessive salt, these can draw water from the body into the bowel and cause osmotic diarrhea. Osmotic diarrhea can also be the result of maldigestion (e.g., pancreatic disease or Coeliac disease), ...
What occures with osmotic diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 22 ], "text": [ "s when too much water is drawn into the bowels" ] }
572a50757a1753140016ae9f
Diarrhea
Osmotic diarrhea occurs when too much water is drawn into the bowels. If a person drinks solutions with excessive sugar or excessive salt, these can draw water from the body into the bowel and cause osmotic diarrhea. Osmotic diarrhea can also be the result of maldigestion (e.g., pancreatic disease or Coeliac disease), ...
What causes osmotic diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 70 ], "text": [ "If a person drinks solutions with excessive sugar or excessive salt, these can draw water from the body into the bowel" ] }
572a50757a1753140016aea0
Diarrhea
Osmotic diarrhea occurs when too much water is drawn into the bowels. If a person drinks solutions with excessive sugar or excessive salt, these can draw water from the body into the bowel and cause osmotic diarrhea. Osmotic diarrhea can also be the result of maldigestion (e.g., pancreatic disease or Coeliac disease), ...
How do osmotic lazatives work?
{ "answer_start": [ 439 ], "text": [ "alleviate constipation by drawing water into the bowels" ] }
572a50757a1753140016aea1
Diarrhea
Osmotic diarrhea occurs when too much water is drawn into the bowels. If a person drinks solutions with excessive sugar or excessive salt, these can draw water from the body into the bowel and cause osmotic diarrhea. Osmotic diarrhea can also be the result of maldigestion (e.g., pancreatic disease or Coeliac disease), ...
What can cause osmotic diarrhea in healthy people?
{ "answer_start": [ 521 ], "text": [ "too much magnesium or vitamin C or undigested lactose" ] }
572a51a3b8ce0319002e2a9b
Diarrhea
Inflammatory diarrhea occurs when there is damage to the mucosal lining or brush border, which leads to a passive loss of protein-rich fluids and a decreased ability to absorb these lost fluids. Features of all three of the other types of diarrhea[clarification needed] can be found in this type of diarrhea. It can be c...
When does inflammatory diarrhea occur?
{ "answer_start": [ 29 ], "text": [ "when there is damage to the mucosal lining or brush border" ] }
572a51a3b8ce0319002e2a9c
Diarrhea
Inflammatory diarrhea occurs when there is damage to the mucosal lining or brush border, which leads to a passive loss of protein-rich fluids and a decreased ability to absorb these lost fluids. Features of all three of the other types of diarrhea[clarification needed] can be found in this type of diarrhea. It can be c...
What happens with inflammatory diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 104 ], "text": [ "a passive loss of protein-rich fluids and a decreased ability to absorb these lost fluids" ] }
572a51a3b8ce0319002e2a9d
Diarrhea
Inflammatory diarrhea occurs when there is damage to the mucosal lining or brush border, which leads to a passive loss of protein-rich fluids and a decreased ability to absorb these lost fluids. Features of all three of the other types of diarrhea[clarification needed] can be found in this type of diarrhea. It can be c...
What can cause inflammatory diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 329 ], "text": [ "bacterial infections, viral infections, parasitic infections, or autoimmune problems" ] }
572a51a3b8ce0319002e2a9e
Diarrhea
Inflammatory diarrhea occurs when there is damage to the mucosal lining or brush border, which leads to a passive loss of protein-rich fluids and a decreased ability to absorb these lost fluids. Features of all three of the other types of diarrhea[clarification needed] can be found in this type of diarrhea. It can be c...
What other causes are there for inflammatory diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 476 ], "text": [ "tuberculosis, colon cancer, and enteritis." ] }
572a531bb8ce0319002e2ab3
Diarrhea
Diarrheal disease may have a negative impact on both physical fitness and mental development. "Early childhood malnutrition resulting from any cause reduces physical fitness and work productivity in adults," and diarrhea is a primary cause of childhood malnutrition. Further, evidence suggests that diarrheal disease has...
Diarrheal disease has what effects on a person?
{ "answer_start": [ 27 ], "text": [ "a negative impact on both physical fitness and mental development" ] }
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Diarrhea
Diarrheal disease may have a negative impact on both physical fitness and mental development. "Early childhood malnutrition resulting from any cause reduces physical fitness and work productivity in adults," and diarrhea is a primary cause of childhood malnutrition. Further, evidence suggests that diarrheal disease has...
What can early childhood malnutrition cause?
{ "answer_start": [ 149 ], "text": [ "reduces physical fitness and work productivity in adults" ] }
572a531bb8ce0319002e2ab5
Diarrhea
Diarrheal disease may have a negative impact on both physical fitness and mental development. "Early childhood malnutrition resulting from any cause reduces physical fitness and work productivity in adults," and diarrhea is a primary cause of childhood malnutrition. Further, evidence suggests that diarrheal disease has...
What is the cause of childhood malnutrition?
{ "answer_start": [ 212 ], "text": [ "diarrhea" ] }
572a531bb8ce0319002e2ab6
Diarrhea
Diarrheal disease may have a negative impact on both physical fitness and mental development. "Early childhood malnutrition resulting from any cause reduces physical fitness and work productivity in adults," and diarrhea is a primary cause of childhood malnutrition. Further, evidence suggests that diarrheal disease has...
Children who have experienced sever diarrhea are more likely to have what effect?
{ "answer_start": [ 518 ], "text": [ "significantly lower scores on a series of tests of intelligence" ] }
572a5c4d7a1753140016aed8
Diarrhea
Another possible cause of diarrhea is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which usually presents with abdominal discomfort relieved by defecation and unusual stool (diarrhea or constipation) for at least 3 days a week over the previous 3 months. Symptoms of diarrhea-predominant IBS can be managed through a combination of d...
What is IBS?
{ "answer_start": [ 38 ], "text": [ "irritable bowel syndrome" ] }
572a5c4d7a1753140016aed9
Diarrhea
Another possible cause of diarrhea is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which usually presents with abdominal discomfort relieved by defecation and unusual stool (diarrhea or constipation) for at least 3 days a week over the previous 3 months. Symptoms of diarrhea-predominant IBS can be managed through a combination of d...
What symptoms do you have with IBS?
{ "answer_start": [ 98 ], "text": [ "abdominal discomfort relieved by defecation and unusual stool (diarrhea or constipation) for at least 3 days a week over the previous 3 months" ] }
572a5c4d7a1753140016aeda
Diarrhea
Another possible cause of diarrhea is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which usually presents with abdominal discomfort relieved by defecation and unusual stool (diarrhea or constipation) for at least 3 days a week over the previous 3 months. Symptoms of diarrhea-predominant IBS can be managed through a combination of d...
How can symptoms be managed with IBS?
{ "answer_start": [ 302 ], "text": [ "a combination of dietary changes, soluble fiber supplements, and/or medications" ] }
572a5da0fed8de19000d5bab
Diarrhea
Poverty is a good indicator of the rate of infectious diarrhea in a population. This association does not stem from poverty itself, but rather from the conditions under which impoverished people live. The absence of certain resources compromises the ability of the poor to defend themselves against infectious diarrhea. ...
What is a good indicator of the rate of infectious diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 0 ], "text": [ "Poverty" ] }
572a5da0fed8de19000d5bac
Diarrhea
Poverty is a good indicator of the rate of infectious diarrhea in a population. This association does not stem from poverty itself, but rather from the conditions under which impoverished people live. The absence of certain resources compromises the ability of the poor to defend themselves against infectious diarrhea. ...
Why does living in poverty raise your risk of diarrhea?
{ "answer_start": [ 143 ], "text": [ "from the conditions under which impoverished people live" ] }
572a5da0fed8de19000d5bad
Diarrhea
Poverty is a good indicator of the rate of infectious diarrhea in a population. This association does not stem from poverty itself, but rather from the conditions under which impoverished people live. The absence of certain resources compromises the ability of the poor to defend themselves against infectious diarrhea. ...
What causes this to be exacerbated?
{ "answer_start": [ 840 ], "text": [ "the lack of adequate, available, and affordable medical care." ] }
572a62e0b8ce0319002e2b0b
Diarrhea
Proper nutrition is important for health and functioning, including the prevention of infectious diarrhea. It is especially important to young children who do not have a fully developed immune system. Zinc deficiency, a condition often found in children in developing countries can, even in mild cases, have a significan...
Why is proper nutrition important?
{ "answer_start": [ 30 ], "text": [ "for health and functioning, including the prevention of infectious diarrhea" ] }
572a62e0b8ce0319002e2b0c
Diarrhea
Proper nutrition is important for health and functioning, including the prevention of infectious diarrhea. It is especially important to young children who do not have a fully developed immune system. Zinc deficiency, a condition often found in children in developing countries can, even in mild cases, have a significan...
What effects does lower levels of zinc have in children?
{ "answer_start": [ 587 ], "text": [ "greater number of instances of diarrhea, severe diarrhea, and diarrhea associated with fever" ] }
572a62e0b8ce0319002e2b0d
Diarrhea
Proper nutrition is important for health and functioning, including the prevention of infectious diarrhea. It is especially important to young children who do not have a fully developed immune system. Zinc deficiency, a condition often found in children in developing countries can, even in mild cases, have a significan...
What can having a vitamin A deficiency cause?
{ "answer_start": [ 717 ], "text": [ "cause an increase in the severity of diarrheal episodes" ] }
572a62e0b8ce0319002e2b0e
Diarrhea
Proper nutrition is important for health and functioning, including the prevention of infectious diarrhea. It is especially important to young children who do not have a fully developed immune system. Zinc deficiency, a condition often found in children in developing countries can, even in mild cases, have a significan...
What is the rate of vitamin A deficiency in children worldwide?
{ "answer_start": [ 1082 ], "text": [ "127 million" ] }
572a65ae7a1753140016af0c
Diarrhea
According to two researchers, Nesse and Williams, diarrhea may function as an evolved expulsion defense mechanism. As a result, if it is stopped, there might be a delay in recovery. They cite in support of this argument research published in 1973 that found that treating Shigella with the anti-diarrhea drug (Co-phenotr...
What did Nesse and Williams learn?
{ "answer_start": [ 50 ], "text": [ "diarrhea may function as an evolved expulsion defense mechanism" ] }
572a65ae7a1753140016af0d
Diarrhea
According to two researchers, Nesse and Williams, diarrhea may function as an evolved expulsion defense mechanism. As a result, if it is stopped, there might be a delay in recovery. They cite in support of this argument research published in 1973 that found that treating Shigella with the anti-diarrhea drug (Co-phenotr...
If diarrhea is stopped, would could happen?
{ "answer_start": [ 146 ], "text": [ "there might be a delay in recovery." ] }
572a65ae7a1753140016af0e
Diarrhea
According to two researchers, Nesse and Williams, diarrhea may function as an evolved expulsion defense mechanism. As a result, if it is stopped, there might be a delay in recovery. They cite in support of this argument research published in 1973 that found that treating Shigella with the anti-diarrhea drug (Co-phenotr...
What happened with people with Shigella were treated with anti-diarrheal medication?
{ "answer_start": [ 334 ], "text": [ "caused people to stay feverish twice as long as those not so treated." ] }
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Diarrhea
Basic sanitation techniques can have a profound effect on the transmission of diarrheal disease. The implementation of hand washing using soap and water, for example, has been experimentally shown to reduce the incidence of disease by approximately 42–48%. Hand washing in developing countries, however, is compromised b...
What has had major effects on the transmission of diarrheal diseases?
{ "answer_start": [ 0 ], "text": [ "Basic sanitation techniques" ] }
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Diarrhea
Basic sanitation techniques can have a profound effect on the transmission of diarrheal disease. The implementation of hand washing using soap and water, for example, has been experimentally shown to reduce the incidence of disease by approximately 42–48%. Hand washing in developing countries, however, is compromised b...
How much does hand washing reduce the chances of disease?
{ "answer_start": [ 235 ], "text": [ "approximately 42–48%" ] }
572a66dfd562191400bc86c1
Diarrhea
Basic sanitation techniques can have a profound effect on the transmission of diarrheal disease. The implementation of hand washing using soap and water, for example, has been experimentally shown to reduce the incidence of disease by approximately 42–48%. Hand washing in developing countries, however, is compromised b...
Why do developing countries not wash their hands as much as other countries?
{ "answer_start": [ 441 ], "text": [ "access to soap and water is limited" ] }
572a66dfd562191400bc86c2
Diarrhea
Basic sanitation techniques can have a profound effect on the transmission of diarrheal disease. The implementation of hand washing using soap and water, for example, has been experimentally shown to reduce the incidence of disease by approximately 42–48%. Hand washing in developing countries, however, is compromised b...
What is a solution to help this problem?
{ "answer_start": [ 650 ], "text": [ "implementation of educational programs that encourage sanitary behaviours" ] }
572a67827a1753140016af12
Diarrhea
Given that water contamination is a major means of transmitting diarrheal disease, efforts to provide clean water supply and improved sanitation have the potential to dramatically cut the rate of disease incidence. In fact, it has been proposed that we might expect an 88% reduction in child mortality resulting from dia...
What is a major means of the spread of diarrhea disease?
{ "answer_start": [ 11 ], "text": [ "water contamination" ] }
572a67827a1753140016af13
Diarrhea
Given that water contamination is a major means of transmitting diarrheal disease, efforts to provide clean water supply and improved sanitation have the potential to dramatically cut the rate of disease incidence. In fact, it has been proposed that we might expect an 88% reduction in child mortality resulting from dia...
What has cut the rate of diarrhea disease incidents?
{ "answer_start": [ 102 ], "text": [ "clean water supply and improved sanitation" ] }
572a67827a1753140016af14
Diarrhea
Given that water contamination is a major means of transmitting diarrheal disease, efforts to provide clean water supply and improved sanitation have the potential to dramatically cut the rate of disease incidence. In fact, it has been proposed that we might expect an 88% reduction in child mortality resulting from dia...
What would be the reduction in deisease incedence if there was better water and sanitation?
{ "answer_start": [ 485 ], "text": [ "22–27% reduction in disease incidence" ] }
572a6832d562191400bc86c7
Diarrhea
Immunization against the pathogens that cause diarrheal disease is a viable prevention strategy, however it does require targeting certain pathogens for vaccination. In the case of Rotavirus, which was responsible for around 6% of diarrheal episodes and 20% of diarrheal disease deaths in the children of developing coun...
What is the downfall of using immunization against the pathogens that cause disease?
{ "answer_start": [ 105 ], "text": [ "it does require targeting certain pathogens for vaccination" ] }
572a6832d562191400bc86c8
Diarrhea
Immunization against the pathogens that cause diarrheal disease is a viable prevention strategy, however it does require targeting certain pathogens for vaccination. In the case of Rotavirus, which was responsible for around 6% of diarrheal episodes and 20% of diarrheal disease deaths in the children of developing coun...
What is responsible for 6% of dearrheal disease?
{ "answer_start": [ 181 ], "text": [ "Rotavirus" ] }
572a6832d562191400bc86c9
Diarrhea
Immunization against the pathogens that cause diarrheal disease is a viable prevention strategy, however it does require targeting certain pathogens for vaccination. In the case of Rotavirus, which was responsible for around 6% of diarrheal episodes and 20% of diarrheal disease deaths in the children of developing coun...
What percent is the rotavirus responsible for in diarrheal disease deaths?
{ "answer_start": [ 254 ], "text": [ "20%" ] }
572a6832d562191400bc86ca
Diarrhea
Immunization against the pathogens that cause diarrheal disease is a viable prevention strategy, however it does require targeting certain pathogens for vaccination. In the case of Rotavirus, which was responsible for around 6% of diarrheal episodes and 20% of diarrheal disease deaths in the children of developing coun...
What was the effect of the Rotavirus vaccine?
{ "answer_start": [ 389 ], "text": [ "(2-3%) decrease in total diarrheal disease incidence" ] }
572a6832d562191400bc86cb
Diarrhea
Immunization against the pathogens that cause diarrheal disease is a viable prevention strategy, however it does require targeting certain pathogens for vaccination. In the case of Rotavirus, which was responsible for around 6% of diarrheal episodes and 20% of diarrheal disease deaths in the children of developing coun...
What year was the Rotovirus vaccine used?
{ "answer_start": [ 367 ], "text": [ "1985" ] }
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Diarrhea
Dietary deficiencies in developing countries can be combated by promoting better eating practices. Supplementation with vitamin A and/or zinc. Zinc supplementation proved successful showing a significant decrease in the incidence of diarrheal disease compared to a control group. The majority of the literature suggests ...
What can be done to combate dietary deficiences?
{ "answer_start": [ 64 ], "text": [ "promoting better eating practices" ] }
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Diarrhea
Dietary deficiencies in developing countries can be combated by promoting better eating practices. Supplementation with vitamin A and/or zinc. Zinc supplementation proved successful showing a significant decrease in the incidence of diarrheal disease compared to a control group. The majority of the literature suggests ...
What has been used and shown successful in a decrease in incidence of diarrheal disease?
{ "answer_start": [ 143 ], "text": [ "Zinc" ] }
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Diarrhea
Dietary deficiencies in developing countries can be combated by promoting better eating practices. Supplementation with vitamin A and/or zinc. Zinc supplementation proved successful showing a significant decrease in the incidence of diarrheal disease compared to a control group. The majority of the literature suggests ...
WHat strategy was found out to be more cost effective?
{ "answer_start": [ 592 ], "text": [ "zinc supplementation" ] }
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Diarrhea
In many cases of diarrhea, replacing lost fluid and salts is the only treatment needed. This is usually by mouth – oral rehydration therapy – or, in severe cases, intravenously. Diet restrictions such as the BRAT diet are no longer recommended. Research does not support the limiting of milk to children as doing so has ...
What is the basic treatment many cases of diarrhea need?
{ "answer_start": [ 27 ], "text": [ "replacing lost fluid and salts is the only treatment needed" ] }
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Diarrhea
In many cases of diarrhea, replacing lost fluid and salts is the only treatment needed. This is usually by mouth – oral rehydration therapy – or, in severe cases, intravenously. Diet restrictions such as the BRAT diet are no longer recommended. Research does not support the limiting of milk to children as doing so has ...
How is this treatment given?
{ "answer_start": [ 88 ], "text": [ "This is usually by mouth – oral rehydration therapy – or, in severe cases, intravenously" ] }
572a8034f75d5e190021fb08
Diarrhea
In many cases of diarrhea, replacing lost fluid and salts is the only treatment needed. This is usually by mouth – oral rehydration therapy – or, in severe cases, intravenously. Diet restrictions such as the BRAT diet are no longer recommended. Research does not support the limiting of milk to children as doing so has ...
What type of diet is no longer recommended?
{ "answer_start": [ 208 ], "text": [ "BRAT diet" ] }
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Diarrhea
In many cases of diarrhea, replacing lost fluid and salts is the only treatment needed. This is usually by mouth – oral rehydration therapy – or, in severe cases, intravenously. Diet restrictions such as the BRAT diet are no longer recommended. Research does not support the limiting of milk to children as doing so has ...
What does WHO recommend to do?
{ "answer_start": [ 392 ], "text": [ "children with diarrhea continue to eat as sufficient nutrients are usually still absorbed to support continued growth and weight gain" ] }
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Diarrhea
Oral rehydration solution (ORS) (a slightly sweetened and salty water) can be used to prevent dehydration. Standard home solutions such as salted rice water, salted yogurt drinks, vegetable and chicken soups with salt can be given. Home solutions such as water in which cereal has been cooked, unsalted soup, green cocon...
What can be used to prevent dehydration?
{ "answer_start": [ 0 ], "text": [ "Oral rehydration solution (ORS)" ] }
572a80c2f75d5e190021fb19
Diarrhea
Oral rehydration solution (ORS) (a slightly sweetened and salty water) can be used to prevent dehydration. Standard home solutions such as salted rice water, salted yogurt drinks, vegetable and chicken soups with salt can be given. Home solutions such as water in which cereal has been cooked, unsalted soup, green cocon...
What are some good standard home solutions?
{ "answer_start": [ 139 ], "text": [ "salted rice water, salted yogurt drinks, vegetable and chicken soups with salt" ] }
572a80c2f75d5e190021fb1a
Diarrhea
Oral rehydration solution (ORS) (a slightly sweetened and salty water) can be used to prevent dehydration. Standard home solutions such as salted rice water, salted yogurt drinks, vegetable and chicken soups with salt can be given. Home solutions such as water in which cereal has been cooked, unsalted soup, green cocon...
What is a commercial solution that can also be used?
{ "answer_start": [ 596 ], "text": [ "Pedialyte" ] }
572a80c2f75d5e190021fb1b
Diarrhea
Oral rehydration solution (ORS) (a slightly sweetened and salty water) can be used to prevent dehydration. Standard home solutions such as salted rice water, salted yogurt drinks, vegetable and chicken soups with salt can be given. Home solutions such as water in which cereal has been cooked, unsalted soup, green cocon...
What is the WHO's recipe for ORS?
{ "answer_start": [ 761 ], "text": [ "one liter water with one teaspoon salt (3 grams) and two tablespoons sugar (18 grams) added" ] }
572a816d111d821400f38b7a
Diarrhea
Drinks especially high in simple sugars, such as soft drinks and fruit juices, are not recommended in children under 5 years of age as they may increase dehydration. A too rich solution in the gut draws water from the rest of the body, just as if the person were to drink sea water. Plain water may be used if more speci...
What are not recommended for younger kids because it can casue more dehydration?
{ "answer_start": [ 0 ], "text": [ "Drinks especially high in simple sugars, such as soft drinks and fruit juices" ] }
572a816d111d821400f38b7b
Diarrhea
Drinks especially high in simple sugars, such as soft drinks and fruit juices, are not recommended in children under 5 years of age as they may increase dehydration. A too rich solution in the gut draws water from the rest of the body, just as if the person were to drink sea water. Plain water may be used if more speci...
Why are sodas and high sugar fruit juices not recommended?
{ "answer_start": [ 166 ], "text": [ "A too rich solution in the gut draws water from the rest of the body, just as if the person were to drink sea water" ] }
572a816d111d821400f38b7c
Diarrhea
Drinks especially high in simple sugars, such as soft drinks and fruit juices, are not recommended in children under 5 years of age as they may increase dehydration. A too rich solution in the gut draws water from the rest of the body, just as if the person were to drink sea water. Plain water may be used if more speci...
What can be used to give fluids when they can not drink?
{ "answer_start": [ 588 ], "text": [ "A nasogastric tube" ] }
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Diarrhea
WHO recommends a child with diarrhea continue to be fed. Continued feeding speeds the recovery of normal intestinal function. In contrast, children whose food is restricted have diarrhea of longer duration and recover intestinal function more slowly. A child should also continue to be breastfed. The WHO states "Food sh...
What does WHO recommend?
{ "answer_start": [ 15 ], "text": [ "a child with diarrhea continue to be fed" ] }
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Diarrhea
WHO recommends a child with diarrhea continue to be fed. Continued feeding speeds the recovery of normal intestinal function. In contrast, children whose food is restricted have diarrhea of longer duration and recover intestinal function more slowly. A child should also continue to be breastfed. The WHO states "Food sh...
What does continuing to eat do for your illness?
{ "answer_start": [ 57 ], "text": [ "Continued feeding speeds the recovery of normal intestinal function" ] }
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Diarrhea
WHO recommends a child with diarrhea continue to be fed. Continued feeding speeds the recovery of normal intestinal function. In contrast, children whose food is restricted have diarrhea of longer duration and recover intestinal function more slowly. A child should also continue to be breastfed. The WHO states "Food sh...
What happens when a childs food is restricted?
{ "answer_start": [ 139 ], "text": [ "children whose food is restricted have diarrhea of longer duration and recover intestinal function more slowly" ] }
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Diarrhea
While antibiotics are beneficial in certain types of acute diarrhea, they are usually not used except in specific situations. There are concerns that antibiotics may increase the risk of hemolytic uremic syndrome in people infected with Escherichia coli O157:H7. In resource-poor countries, treatment with antibiotics ma...
Are antibiotics used in diarrhea instances?
{ "answer_start": [ 69 ], "text": [ "they are usually not used except in specific situations" ] }
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Diarrhea
While antibiotics are beneficial in certain types of acute diarrhea, they are usually not used except in specific situations. There are concerns that antibiotics may increase the risk of hemolytic uremic syndrome in people infected with Escherichia coli O157:H7. In resource-poor countries, treatment with antibiotics ma...
What are the concerns with anitbiotics?
{ "answer_start": [ 162 ], "text": [ "may increase the risk of hemolytic uremic syndrome in people infected with Escherichia coli O157:H7" ] }
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Diarrhea
While antibiotics are beneficial in certain types of acute diarrhea, they are usually not used except in specific situations. There are concerns that antibiotics may increase the risk of hemolytic uremic syndrome in people infected with Escherichia coli O157:H7. In resource-poor countries, treatment with antibiotics ma...
What are bacteria doing that makes them not work as well?
{ "answer_start": [ 346 ], "text": [ "some bacteria are developing antibiotic resistance" ] }
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Madrasa
Madrasa (Arabic: مدرسة‎, madrasah, pl. مدارس, madāris, Turkish: Medrese) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion). The word is variously transliterated madrasah, madarasaa, medresa, madrassa, madraza, medrese, etc. In the West, the word usually refers to...
What are the origins of the word madrasa?
{ "answer_start": [ 80 ], "text": [ "Arabic" ] }
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Madrasa
Madrasa (Arabic: مدرسة‎, madrasah, pl. مدارس, madāris, Turkish: Medrese) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion). The word is variously transliterated madrasah, madarasaa, medresa, madrassa, madraza, medrese, etc. In the West, the word usually refers to...
What type of educational institution does the term madrasa refer?
{ "answer_start": [ 96 ], "text": [ "any type" ] }
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Madrasa
Madrasa (Arabic: مدرسة‎, madrasah, pl. مدارس, madāris, Turkish: Medrese) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion). The word is variously transliterated madrasah, madarasaa, medresa, madrassa, madraza, medrese, etc. In the West, the word usually refers to...
In Western culture, the term madrasa widely refers to the practices of what religion?
{ "answer_start": [ 389 ], "text": [ "Islamic" ] }
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Madrasa
Madrasa (Arabic: مدرسة‎, madrasah, pl. مدارس, madāris, Turkish: Medrese) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion). The word is variously transliterated madrasah, madarasaa, medresa, madrassa, madraza, medrese, etc. In the West, the word usually refers to...
How many students enrolled in madaris are Muslim?
{ "answer_start": [ 456 ], "text": [ "Not all" ] }
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Madrasa
The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root د-ر-س D-R-S 'to learn, study', through the wazn (form/stem) مفعل(ة)‎; mafʻal(ah), meaning "a place where something is done". Therefore, madrasah literally means "a place where learning and studying take place". The word is also present as a loanword with th...
What are the root origins of the word madrasah?
{ "answer_start": [ 35 ], "text": [ "triconsonantal Semitic" ] }
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Madrasa
The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root د-ر-س D-R-S 'to learn, study', through the wazn (form/stem) مفعل(ة)‎; mafʻal(ah), meaning "a place where something is done". Therefore, madrasah literally means "a place where learning and studying take place". The word is also present as a loanword with th...
What is the literal translation of madrasah?
{ "answer_start": [ 225 ], "text": [ "a place where learning and studying take place" ] }
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Madrasa
The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root د-ر-س D-R-S 'to learn, study', through the wazn (form/stem) مفعل(ة)‎; mafʻal(ah), meaning "a place where something is done". Therefore, madrasah literally means "a place where learning and studying take place". The word is also present as a loanword with th...
In Arabic, what does madarasah mean?
{ "answer_start": [ 554 ], "text": [ "same as school does in the English language" ] }
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Madrasa
The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root د-ر-س D-R-S 'to learn, study', through the wazn (form/stem) مفعل(ة)‎; mafʻal(ah), meaning "a place where something is done". Therefore, madrasah literally means "a place where learning and studying take place". The word is also present as a loanword with th...
During the Ottoman Empire, what types of schools were typical?
{ "answer_start": [ 1062 ], "text": [ "lower schools and specialised" ] }
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Madrasa
The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root د-ر-س D-R-S 'to learn, study', through the wazn (form/stem) مفعل(ة)‎; mafʻal(ah), meaning "a place where something is done". Therefore, madrasah literally means "a place where learning and studying take place". The word is also present as a loanword with th...
What were the students in madaris called?
{ "answer_start": [ 1135 ], "text": [ "danişmends" ] }
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Madrasa
However, in English, the term madrasah usually refers to the specifically Islamic institutions. A typical Islamic school usually offers two courses of study: a ḥifẓ course teaching memorization of the Qur'an (the person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory is called a ḥāfiẓ); and an ʻālim course leading the candidat...
What is the English connotative understanding of the word madrash?
{ "answer_start": [ 74 ], "text": [ "Islamic institutions" ] }
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Madrasa
However, in English, the term madrasah usually refers to the specifically Islamic institutions. A typical Islamic school usually offers two courses of study: a ḥifẓ course teaching memorization of the Qur'an (the person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory is called a ḥāfiẓ); and an ʻālim course leading the candidat...
What is taught through a hifz class or set of classes?
{ "answer_start": [ 181 ], "text": [ "memorization of the Qur'an" ] }
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Madrasa
However, in English, the term madrasah usually refers to the specifically Islamic institutions. A typical Islamic school usually offers two courses of study: a ḥifẓ course teaching memorization of the Qur'an (the person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory is called a ḥāfiẓ); and an ʻālim course leading the candidat...
What is shariah?
{ "answer_start": [ 463 ], "text": [ "Islamic law" ] }
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Madrasa
However, in English, the term madrasah usually refers to the specifically Islamic institutions. A typical Islamic school usually offers two courses of study: a ḥifẓ course teaching memorization of the Qur'an (the person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory is called a ḥāfiẓ); and an ʻālim course leading the candidat...
What is the discipline taught in mantiq courses?
{ "answer_start": [ 535 ], "text": [ "logic" ] }
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Madrasa
However, in English, the term madrasah usually refers to the specifically Islamic institutions. A typical Islamic school usually offers two courses of study: a ḥifẓ course teaching memorization of the Qur'an (the person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory is called a ḥāfiẓ); and an ʻālim course leading the candidat...
What set of courses does someone need to take for preparation to be considered as a scholar?
{ "answer_start": [ 287 ], "text": [ "ʻālim" ] }
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Madrasa
People of all ages attend, and many often move on to becoming imams.[citation needed] The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study.[citation needed] A good number of the ḥuffāẓ (plural of ḥāfiẓ) are the product of the madaris. The madaris also resemble colleges, where people ta...
What age groups are usually enrolled in madaris?
{ "answer_start": [ 10 ], "text": [ "all ages" ] }
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Madrasa
People of all ages attend, and many often move on to becoming imams.[citation needed] The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study.[citation needed] A good number of the ḥuffāẓ (plural of ḥāfiẓ) are the product of the madaris. The madaris also resemble colleges, where people ta...
How long does someone have to be enrolled in alim courses to earn a certificate or graduate?
{ "answer_start": [ 137 ], "text": [ "approximately twelve years" ] }
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Madrasa
People of all ages attend, and many often move on to becoming imams.[citation needed] The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study.[citation needed] A good number of the ḥuffāẓ (plural of ḥāfiẓ) are the product of the madaris. The madaris also resemble colleges, where people ta...
In what ways are madaris similar to western colleges?
{ "answer_start": [ 311 ], "text": [ "people take evening classes and reside in dormitories" ] }
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Madrasa
People of all ages attend, and many often move on to becoming imams.[citation needed] The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study.[citation needed] A good number of the ḥuffāẓ (plural of ḥāfiẓ) are the product of the madaris. The madaris also resemble colleges, where people ta...
Why do madaris extend enrollment to children of less fortunate circumstances?
{ "answer_start": [ 453 ], "text": [ "provide them with education and training" ] }
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Madrasa
People of all ages attend, and many often move on to becoming imams.[citation needed] The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study.[citation needed] A good number of the ḥuffāẓ (plural of ḥāfiẓ) are the product of the madaris. The madaris also resemble colleges, where people ta...
What is the format for co-education for women in madaris?
{ "answer_start": [ 540 ], "text": [ "they study separately from the men" ] }
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Madrasa
The term "Islamic education" means education in the light of Islam itself, which is rooted in the teachings of the Quran - holy book of Muslims. Islamic education and Muslim education are not the same. Because Islamic education has epistemological integration which is founded on Tawhid - Oneness or monotheism. For deta...
What is the meaning of Islamic education?
{ "answer_start": [ 35 ], "text": [ "education in the light of Islam itself" ] }
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Madrasa
The term "Islamic education" means education in the light of Islam itself, which is rooted in the teachings of the Quran - holy book of Muslims. Islamic education and Muslim education are not the same. Because Islamic education has epistemological integration which is founded on Tawhid - Oneness or monotheism. For deta...
What book is the basis for education in Islamic traditions?
{ "answer_start": [ 115 ], "text": [ "Quran" ] }
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Madrasa
The term "Islamic education" means education in the light of Islam itself, which is rooted in the teachings of the Quran - holy book of Muslims. Islamic education and Muslim education are not the same. Because Islamic education has epistemological integration which is founded on Tawhid - Oneness or monotheism. For deta...
What types of education greatly differs from Islamic education?
{ "answer_start": [ 167 ], "text": [ "Muslim education" ] }
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Madrasa
The term "Islamic education" means education in the light of Islam itself, which is rooted in the teachings of the Quran - holy book of Muslims. Islamic education and Muslim education are not the same. Because Islamic education has epistemological integration which is founded on Tawhid - Oneness or monotheism. For deta...
What is Islamic religion traditionally considered as far as theology is concerned?
{ "answer_start": [ 300 ], "text": [ "monotheism" ] }
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Madrasa
The first institute of madrasa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Hazrat Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers.[citation needed] After Hijrah (migration) the madrasa of "Suffa" was established in Madina on the east side of the Al-Masjid an-...
Where was the first madrasa located?
{ "answer_start": [ 48 ], "text": [ "the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam" ] }
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Madrasa
The first institute of madrasa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Hazrat Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers.[citation needed] After Hijrah (migration) the madrasa of "Suffa" was established in Madina on the east side of the Al-Masjid an-...
Who was the teacher at the first madrasa?
{ "answer_start": [ 115 ], "text": [ "Hazrat Muhammad" ] }
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Madrasa
The first institute of madrasa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Hazrat Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers.[citation needed] After Hijrah (migration) the madrasa of "Suffa" was established in Madina on the east side of the Al-Masjid an-...
Who was named as a teacher at the second madrasa, housed in a mosque?
{ "answer_start": [ 335 ], "text": [ "Hazrat 'Ubada bin Samit" ] }
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Madrasa
The first institute of madrasa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Hazrat Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers.[citation needed] After Hijrah (migration) the madrasa of "Suffa" was established in Madina on the east side of the Al-Masjid an-...
What handwriting art form was taught in the early madaris?
{ "answer_start": [ 660 ], "text": [ "calligraphy" ] }
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Madrasa
The first institute of madrasa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Hazrat Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers.[citation needed] After Hijrah (migration) the madrasa of "Suffa" was established in Madina on the east side of the Al-Masjid an-...
What type of physical fitness activities were taught in the early madaris?
{ "answer_start": [ 673 ], "text": [ "athletics and martial arts" ] }
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Madrasa
During the rule of the Fatimid and Mamluk dynasties and their successor states in the medieval Middle East, many of the ruling elite founded madaris through a religious endowment known as the waqf. Not only was the madrasa a potent symbol of status but it was an effective means of transmitting wealth and status to thei...
Which class of people founded the madaris during the medieval period?
{ "answer_start": [ 120 ], "text": [ "ruling elite" ] }
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Madrasa
During the rule of the Fatimid and Mamluk dynasties and their successor states in the medieval Middle East, many of the ruling elite founded madaris through a religious endowment known as the waqf. Not only was the madrasa a potent symbol of status but it was an effective means of transmitting wealth and status to thei...
How were the madaris funded during the medieval period?
{ "answer_start": [ 149 ], "text": [ "through a religious endowment" ] }