Diarrhea in Children: Common Causes and Treatments. Diarrhea is the body's way of ridding itself of germs, and most episodes last a few days to a week. Diarrhea can occur with fever, ...

The World Health Organization recommended Friday that all children should be given innoculated with an anti-diarrhea vaccine to counter rotavirus, which claims half a million lives every year.

Offer anti-diarrhea vaccine for all children: WHO A vaccine to prevent diarrhea and vomiting caused by rotavirus should be included in all national immunization programs, the World Health ...

The probiotics will actually help your stomach fight off the virus, and they will slow down the diarrhea. You can also buy over-the-counter probiotics, like Culturelle or Fluorogen. Those also help a ...

On the good side, see 'Anti-diarrhea drug drives cancer cells to cell death'. Lamar Havard September 18, 2022 06:51 PM I read an article a few years ago about fecal transplants helping to ...

Medically reviewed by Kumkum S. Patel, MD Diarrhea can often be stopped by using over-the-counter (OTC) medications such as loperamide (Imodium) or bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol). Remember ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Pediatricians said they’re seeing an uptick in a nasty stomach bug in young kids. Most parents have heard of the virus behind this – it’s Rotavirus.It causes severe ...

When you have diarrhea, it's recommended that you eat a short-term diet of bland, "binding" foods, such as potatoes, to ease symptoms. One of the most familiar is the BRAT diet (which stands for ...

Children receive treatment at the International Centre For Diarrheal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan. 23. Diarrhea is the second-leading cause of death among children under 5 worldwide.