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GASTRIC PROBLEMS ARE QUITE COMMON DURING SUMMER MONTHS, BUT A LITTLE CARE AND CAUTION CAN HELP AVERT SERIOUS ISSUES.

- E. Kumar Sharma

GASTROINTESTINAL infections are quite common during summer months. And the problems will get compounded if your water intake is low as dehydration complicates matters. Gastrointestinal expert Dr D. Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman and Chief of Gastroenterology at Hyderabad-based Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, tells us how some simple precautions can help one avoid gastric problems. These medical conditions include a wide range of food-borne or water-borne diarrhoeal diseases such as amoebiasis, shigellosis and salmonella poisoning. Symptoms vary from mild to severe, causing abdominal pain, loose motion and sometimes blood in the stool along with fever and appetite loss. All these are warning signs that you need to consult a doctor.