Diarrhea, also known as diarrhea, can be severe and may cause shock or even death if severe dehydration occurs and continues untreated.
Diarrhea, refers to an increase in the number of bowel movements, stools become thin, or with mucus, pus and blood or undigested food. Common causes include infection-induced enteritis, acute hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis, inflammatory bowel disease, acute poisoning, systemic infections, and some allergic or endocrine diseases.
Acute diarrhea can be life-threatening in severe cases, such as food poisoning, cholera or uremia caused by diarrhea is often accompanied by severe dehydration, circulating blood volume decreases dramatically in the occurrence of hemorrhagic shock or even death; viral, bacterial and other infections are serious, diarrhea at the same time can be infectious shock, life-threatening.
Diarrhea obvious or even more serious patients should be immediately to the regular hospital, a clear diagnosis, active treatment.