Viral gastroenteritis, often referred to as the stomach flu, is an inflammation of the stomach and intestines caused by a viral infection. The most common viruses associated with gastroenteritis ...

Things haven’t exactly gone swimmingly for the USA Swimming team at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Several members have received a figurative and literal blow to the gut from what’s ...

In the post-vaccine era, rotavirus has become just another cause of acute gastroenteritis in most cases. But is there anything new in diagnosis and treatment? To Test or Not to Test? Commercially ...

Norovirus, a common group of viruses causing gastroenteritis, is in its peak season. Here's how to avoid getting sick.

Staying hydrated, eating bland foods, and taking over-the-counter medications can help you recover from the stomach flu. Different viruses that cause the stomach flu have different incubation periods ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The prevalence of postinfection IBS and functional dyspepsia was 14.5% and 12.7%, respectively, after acute ...

Rotavirus may not be on the hot list of viruses dominating headlines, but globally, it still tops the charts as the leading cause of severe, dehydrating diarrhea in children younger than 5 years, ...

Norovirus GII and sapovirus emerged as the high-burden enteropathogens for acute gastroenteritis. “The study enhances our understanding of the epidemiology, symptoms, and disease burden of enteric ...

When I was a kid, there were two types of illness in our household. If it was a respiratory illness, you had a cold. It was either a “head cold” and a minor inconvenience, or it was the dreaded “chest ...

In a recent study published in the journal Neurogastroenterology, researchers examine the prevalence of post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) and post-infectious function dyspepsia (PI-FD) ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)—characterized by abdominal pain, bloating, and altered bowel habit—may last 4 or more years following a bout of gastroenteritis in around half of those affected, finds a ...

In the United States, noroviruses are the single most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in adults that results in a visit to the hospital emergency department, and they are second only to ...