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Delirium is a confused mental state. Symptoms may include changes in thinking and sleeping. In cancer patients, it may be caused by medicine, dehydration, or happen at the end of life. Delirium may be mistaken for depression or dementia.

Learn about bulimia nervosa, including how it is treated and how it affects women, from the Office on Women’s Health.

Read about viral gastroenteritis, also called “stomach flu,” an infection of the intestines that causes diarrhea, abdominal pain, and other symptoms.

Discusses the causes, risk factors, complications, treatment options, and prevention strategies of foodborne illnesses. Resources provided for more information.

Cholera patients should be evaluated and treated quickly with Rehydration therapy, Antibiotic treatment, and Zinc treatment.

Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and is spread by ingestion of contaminated food or water.

Recommendations for the Use of Antibiotics for the Treatment of Cholera

Children who received zinc supplementation had 8 fewer hours of diarrheal illness and 10% less diarrheal stool volume, on average.

Symptoms of Rotavirus Infection