Diarrhea

Diarrhea (AmE) or diarrhoea (CwE) is a condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery or loose bowel movements (from the ancient Greek word ??????? = leakage; lit. "to run through"). In the Third World, diarrhea is the most common cause of death among infants, killing more than 1.5 million per year.

External links

• Reducing deaths from diarrhoea through oral rehydration therapy. 1: Bull. World Health Organ. 2000;78(10):1246-55.
• Rehydration Project