gastroenteritis
medical condition characterized by inflammation of the stomach and/or small intestine
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Summary
gastroenteritis is a class of disease[1]. gastroenteritis ranks in the top 7% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,716 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3]
- Subclass of: gastrointestinal system disease[4], digestive sign[5], disease[6]
- Commons category: Gastroenteritis[7]
- Symptoms and signs: vomiting[8], diarrhea[9], nausea[10], fever[11], abdominal pain[12], heartburn[13], spasm[14], dehydration[15], abdominal cramps[16]
- Has cause: Rotavirus[17], Campylobacter[18], norovirus[19]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22]
- ICD-9-CM: 558.9[23]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34632[24]
- Health specialty: gastroenterology[25]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: erythromycin[26], ondansetron[27], ciprofloxacin[28], ibuprofen[29]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_2326[30], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:2326[31], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0019159[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[33], WikiProject Medicine[34], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[35]
Why It Matters
gastroenteritis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] gastroenteritis is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]