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Gastroenteritis is commonly known as 

Gastroenteritis is commonly known as  Correct Answer Stomach flu

Key Points

Gastroenteritis:

  • When you have diarrhoea and vomiting, you may say you have the "stomach flu." These symptoms often are due to a condition called gastroenteritis.
  • With gastroenteritis, your stomach and intestines are irritated and inflamed. The cause is typically a viral or bacterial infection.
  • There are many ways gastroenteritis can be spread:
    • Contact with someone who has the virus
    • Contaminated food or water
    • Unwashed hands after going to the bathroom or changing a diaper
  • The most common cause of gastroenteritis is a virus. The main types are rotavirus and norovirus.

Additional Information

 1. Tuberculosis:   

  • Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It typically affects the lungs but can affect other sites. 
  • Air pollution makes a person more susceptible to tuberculosis and public health experts say that high levels of microscopic particulate matter are probably adding to a large number of cases of TB in the country.
  • TB has been documented to have a high incidence among workers in particulate dust-generating occupations such as coal mining, gold mining, and stone.
  • But now doctors say that exposure to air pollution reduces immunity to disease.
  • Air is deemed to be polluted when it contains high levels of particulate matter smaller than 10 microns and 2.5 microns. 

 2. Bronchitis:

  • Chronic bronchitis results from repeated irritation and damage to the lung and airway tissues. The most common cause is smoking, but not everyone with bronchitis is a smoker.
  • Other possible causes include:
    • long term exposure to air pollution, dust, and fumes from the environment
    • genetic factors
    • repeated episodes of acute bronchitis
    • a history of respiratory disease or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

 3. Peptic Ulcer:

  • A peptic ulcer is a sore on the lining of your stomach, small intestine, or oesophagus. A peptic ulcer in the stomach is called a gastric ulcer.
  • Exposure to air pollution, regardless of whether it is inhaled or ingested orally, may cause an imbalance in gut microbiota, thereby inducing an inflammatory response, which can lead to peptic ulcers.
  • In addition, gaseous pollutants have been related to systemic inflammation, which may further induce or worsen adverse effects in the gastrointestinal tracts.

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