Gastroenteritis (cont.)
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- Gastroenteritis Overview
- Gastroenteritis Causes
- Gastroenteritis Symptoms
- When to Seek Medical Care
- Exams and Tests
- Gastroenteritis Treatment
- Self-Care at Home
- Medical Treatment
- Medications
- Next Steps
- Follow-up
- Prevention
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Follow-up
- After an infection or irritation of the digestive
tract, the patient may not be able to eat a regular diet. Some people may be unable to
tolerate dairy products for several weeks after the disease has run its course.
The patient
should continue to advance slowly from bland nondairy soups and grain products
to a solid diet.
- If symptoms continue or worsen, call a
doctor.
- Food handlers should not return to work until their symptoms have resolved. Salmonella infections are a special case; those who work in the medical profession or who are food handlers need to have negative stool cultures for Salmonella before being allowed to return to work.
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Important Safety Information
- KAPIDEX may not be right for everyone. You should not take KAPIDEX if you are allergic to KAPIDEX or any of its ingredients. Severe allergic reactions have been reported.
- Symptom relief does not rule out other serious stomach conditions.
- The most common side effects of KAPIDEX were diarrhea (4.8%), stomach pain (4.0%), nausea (2.9%), common cold (1.9%), vomiting (1.6%), and gas (1.6%). KAPIDEX and certain other medicines can affect each other. Before taking KAPIDEX, tell your doctor if you are taking ampicillin, atazanavir, digoxin, iron, ketoconazole, or tacrolimus. If you are taking KAPIDEX with warfarin, you may need to be monitored because serious risks could occur.
Uses of KAPIDEX
- Persistent heartburn two or more days a week, despite treatment and diet changes, could be acid reflux disease (ARD). Prescription KAPIDEX capsules are used in adults to treat heartburn related to ARD, to heal acid-related damage to the lining of the esophagus (called erosive esophagitis or EE), and to stop EE from coming back. Individual results may vary. Most damage (erosions) heals in 4–8 weeks.
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Gastroenteritis is a nonspecific term for various pathologic states of the gastrointestinal tract.
