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diarrhea

[dahy-uh-ree-uh] / ˌdaɪ əˈri ə /


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Federal authorities have been investigating a range of produce items in a bid to trace the origins of a growing outbreak of cyclosporiasis, which can cause explosive diarrhea and vomiting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

And note that people with diarrhea should not go to water parks or swimming pools: The parasite that causes cyclosporiasis can survive in chlorinated water, according to Egan.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

So far, 34 states have reported cases of cyclosporiasis, a foodborne-illness that can cause explosive diarrhea and vomiting, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have warned about a growing parasitic outbreak that causes explosive diarrhea, which has delighted and disgusted the internet, because of course it has.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

There were loads of waterborne diseases in Congo, and a thousand different paths that all led to the same destination: diarrhea.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

As the fat content of the oatmeal gives it a more laxative effect, it is undesirable to use it at the season in which the summer diarrheas are prevalent.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.

In diarrheas the use of fruits and vegetables should be avoided; the best diet after the milk is bread well toasted through, toast-water, soft-boiled eggs, beefsteak, oyster stew, and clam broth.

From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)

By all sorts of acute reactions, such as skin eruptions, diarrheas, feverish, inflammatory and catarrhal conditions, boils, abscesses, mucopurulent discharges, etc.,

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

Anemia as a Result.—Anemia is one of the most common results of prolonged diarrheal attacks, especially in those toxic diarrheas resulting from infectious diseases, dysentery, etc.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.

These diarrheas are especially serious when accompanied by a steady loss in weight.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.




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