Gastroenteritis in Children

Links to information about gastroenteritis in children.

Updated April 2008

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Title:   Rotavirus
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Rotaviruses are a group of viruses that can cause severe viral gastroenteritis in infants and young children. They cause about half of all hospitalised cases of gastroenteritis in children less than five years of age. In temperate climates, rotavirus diarrhoea occurs in seasonal peaks during cooler months; in tropical climates, cases occur throughout the year, often with a moderate peak in the cooler dry months. Onset is usually sudden, and the illness mainly affects infants and young children up to three years of age. Outbreaks can occur among children in day care settings.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Rotavirus gastroenteritis
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Rotavirus infections are the most common causes of infectious diarrhoea (gastroenteritis) in young children worldwide.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Your waste disposal system
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Why go to the 'loo'? Well, if we didn't go to the 'loo' regularly, we would have some very messy accidents! Our bodies are like wonderful machines which process all the needed stuff that we take in, and then get rid of the waste.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Gastroenteritis in children
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Gastroenteritis or 'Gastro' is a bowel infection which causes diarrhoea and sometimes vomiting. Diarrhoea is runny, watery bowel motions. Gastroenteritis is spread easily. It is caused by a variety of viruses and bacteria. Gastro can be dangerous for very young babies.
Date:   Oct 2006
Title:   Gastroenteritis
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Information about gastro for babies and children in Australia. The advice may not fit children from other countries.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Oral versus intravenous rehydration for treating dehydration due to gastroenteritis in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Dehydration is when body water content is reduced causing dry skin, headaches, sunken eyes, dizziness, confusion, and sometimes death. Children with dehydration due to gastroenteritis need rehydrating either by liquids given by mouth or a tube through t...
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Gastroenteritis in children
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Gastroenteritis (gastro) is a common illness in infants and young children. It usually causes diarrhoea (watery or frequent motions/poo) and vomiting.
Date:   Mar 2001
Title:   Gastroenteritis in children
Publisher:   Sydney Children's Hospital,The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   Gastroenteritis is mostly caused by viruses but can also be caused by bacteria and food poisoning. Appropriate methods of treatment are discussed, as well as signs of dehydration, ways of preventing gastro and how to care for a baby with gastro.
Date:   Aug 2000
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