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Alternative names: Stools — watery; Frequent bowel movements; Loose bowel movements; Unformed bowel movementsDefinition: Diarrhea is when you pass loose or watery stool.
Stools – bloody; Melena; Stools – black or tarry; Upper gastrointestinal bleedingBlack or tarry stools with a foul smell are a sign of a problem in the upper digestive tract.
Guillain-Barré syndromeGBS; Landry-Guillain-Barré syndrome; Acute idiopathic polyneuritis; Infectious polyneuritis; Acute inflammatory polyneuropathy; Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy; Ascending paralysisGuillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a serious health problem that occurs when the body’s defense (immune) system mistakenly attacks part of the peripheral nervous system.
Alternative names: Stomach pain in children; Pain – abdomen – children; Abdominal cramps in children; Belly ache in childrenDefinition: Almost all children have abdominal pain at one time or another.
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Campylobacter serology test is a blood test to look for antibodies to bacteria called campylobacter.How the Test is PerformedA blood sample is needed.
Stool culture; Culture - stool; Gastroenteritis fecal cultureA fecal culture is a lab test to find organisms in the stool (feces) that can cause gastrointestinal symptoms and disease.
Duodenal tissue cultureA duodenal tissue culture is a laboratory exam to check a piece of tissue from the first part of the small intestine (duodenum).
'I know of one physician (in Canada) who has taken four women already through to successful births,' says Nicole Scheidl, of Canadian Physicians for Life, but critics warn the science is unproven
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