This very common condition can be caused by viruses, bacteria or parasites.
But even though the term covers a host of unpleasant symptoms and the illness can be caused by a virus, there’s actually no influenza involved.
“It has nothing to do with the flu and in fact, doesn’t have any medical meaning in the medical world,” Dr. Joseph Vinetz, an infectious disease expert and professor at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, told TODAY.— in its viral form, the second most common illness in the U.S., according to the National Library of Medicine.It’s an inflammation of the stomach and intestines that can be caused by many different viruses , bacteria or parasites.
“Everybody gets it. I’ve had it,” Vinetz said, recalling it happened to him during his travels. In those cases, the condition is sometimes called traveler’s diarrhea.
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