Acute Gastroenteritis

Def : Diarrhea, which is abnormally frequent, & liquidity of fecal discharges.

Viral causes

 Rotaviruses, caliciviruses (norovirus), astrovirus, adenovirus 40 & 41

 Rotavirus : vomiting 4 days & diarrhea 10 days

Typhoid fever (invasion into bloodstream)

Relative bradycardia / Faget sign : S.
 Salmonella typhi & S. paratyphi typhi, Yellow fever, Q fever, drug
 Infects human only fever (beta blockers)
 Stage 1 (1 week)
o Slow rising temp
o Relative bradycardia, malaise, headache & cough
o Epistaxis
 Stage 2 (1 week)
o High fever
o Distended abdomen
o Weight loss
o Bradycardia
o Dicrotic pulse wave
o Delirium