Acute enterocolitis syndrome is also called Food Protein- Induced Enterocolitis syndrome which is a severe and delayed gastrointestinal food allergy, which is mainly seen in young children and infants.
Symptoms of acute enterocolitis syndrome often appear 1 to 4 hours after ingesting a trigger food and include pallor, lethargy and repetitive and severe vomiting and can also progress to shock, dehydration and other serious conditions if not treated promptly with IV fluids.
Enterocolitis is inflammation in both of your intestines at once.
Complications that can arise from enterocolitis are scarring and narrowing "strictures" of the intestine, bowel perforation and even short bowel syndrome, that can result in nutritional deficiencies and malabsorption.
And in severe enough cases of enterocolitis, it can result in complications like septic shock and sepsis, which are life threatening infections.
And long term infections that can arise from enterocolitis are developmental delays and growth delays, intestinal failure and even associated liver problems.
Constipation can cause enterocolitis, especially if the constipation is severe or chronic.
Severe or chronic constipation can directly cause a severe form of enterocolitis like stercoral colitis,, in which impacted fecal matter increases the pressure inside the colon, which results in inflammation, ulcers and ischemia and can even result in life threatening complications like sepsis or even perforation.
Constipation is also a key factor in a dangerous condition called Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis, in infants, in which a lack of nerves in their bowel causes a functional obstruction, fecal stasis and bacterial overgrowth and then subsequently, enterocolitis.
For most people, enterocolitis is often caused by viral, bacterial or parasitic infections, which affect your intestines.
Although severe systemic infections such as sepsis can potentially lead to complications that involve multiple organs, including your gut.
Enterocolitis is not all that common in adults, and it's more common in infants and young children.
Various types of enterocolitis do exist, and adult cases of enterocolitis are often associated with more specific and less common conditions such as necrotizing enterocolitis in the context of chemotherapy or neutropenia, or even food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome.
Clostridium difficile or C. diff enterocolitis is a specific type of enterocolitis that is caused by the C. difficile bacteria, which inflames your large intestine and leads to watery diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain.
C. diff enterocolitis is often a complication of antibiotic use which disrupts your normal gut bacteria and allows the C. diff to overgrow and produce toxins.
Taking antibiotics can eliminate the beneficial bacteria in the gut that keep C. diff in check.
And with the protective bacteria gone, C. difficile can also multiply rapidly in your intestines and the bacteria then releases toxins which damage the lining of your intestines and cause inflammation as well as severe symptoms.
Enterocolitis is inflammation of both your small intestine and your large intestine.
Enterocolitis can be caused by several factors, which include antibiotic use, autoimmune disorders, dietary factors and infections.
Common causes of enterocolitis are food allergies, food intolerance, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and bacterial infections like Escherichia coli, Salmonella or viral infections such as rotavirus or parasitic infections like Giardia.
The symptoms of enterocolitis are abdominal pain and cramping, diarrhea that can be bloody, vomiting and nausea, fever, fatigue, bloating and loss of appetite.
Diagnosis of enterocolitis are through physical exams, blood tests, stool tests and trough X rays and CT scans.