BUDGET OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FISCAL YEAR 2017 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET Scan here to go to our website.
1 Viruses such as the flu, norovirus, or rotavirus . Rotavirus is the most common cause of acute diarrhea in children. 2  Parasites, which are tiny organisms found in contaminated food or water.  Medicines such as antibiotics, cancer drugs, and antacids that contain magnesium.
Diarrhea can be due to a viral infection such as norovirus, hepatitis A, a parasitic infection such as giardiasis, food intolerance, medications (directly causing diarrhea or indirectly by decreasing normal flora), a bowel disease or bowel dysfunction such as celiac disease, malabsorption, or inflammatory bowel disease.