See Also: Disease, inflammatory bowel(health)
inflammatory bowel disease(medicine)
Bowel disease, inflammatory(health)
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)(health)
inflammatory bowel diseases(medicine)
Foodborne disease(health)
inflammatory gallbladder disease(medicine)
Disease, pelvic inflammatory (PID)(health)
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease(health)
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)(encyclopedia)

Foodborne disease (health) and Bowel disease, inflammatory (health)


Foodborne disease (health)


A disease caused by consuming contaminated Food or drink. Myriad microbes and toxic substances can contaminate foods. There are more then 250 known foodborne diseases. The majority are infectious and are caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Other foodborne diseases are essentially poisonings caused by toxins, chemicals contaminating the Food. All foodborne microbes and toxins enter the body through the gastrointestinal tract and often causes the first symptoms there. Nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and diarrhea are frequent in foodborne diseases.





Bowel disease, inflammatory (health)


A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small intestine. The most common types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease.