The symbol is also an Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph which represents the hieroglyph Â´nh (ankh) meaning life or breath of life. The glyph appears in an incredible number of inscriptions and was often used as a decorative device.
Some of the common summer viruses-- in particular the enteroviruses that can cause diarrhea and the well known hand-foot-mouth disease-- are easily acquired from other children who swim in the same pool. Drinking too much pool water can also cause diarrhea because of the chlorine. Although swallowing some pool water is inevitable, teaching a child proper technique in the water may save you from having to deal with this intestinal complaint.
1 Malabsorption syndromes are another common cause of watery stool or watery diarrhea. 2  In these cases, there is failure of the small intestine to absorb nutrients, which is further compounded by decreased water absorption in the large intestine. Chronic cases of infectious diarrhea may be seen in immunocompromised patients (as seen in HIV diarrhea) or associated with a Clostridium difficile infection (as seen in antibiotic-associated diarrhea). 2  Malabsorption syndromes are another common cause of watery stool or watery diarrhea.