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bowel infection

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bowel infection
1 Gastroenteritis, see there 2 Colitis, see there

Patient discussion about bowel infection.

Q. Can Alcoholism makes you vulnerable to intestine infections? A friend of mine is a heavy drinker, he had something like 5 infections in the past year. Is it connected?

A. yes

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gained weight quicker, spent fewer days in the hospital and had a lower rate of NEC infection -- a bowel infection which can be a life-threatening.
Such an approach has its risks--a life-threatening bowel infection called necrotizing enterocolitis may occasionally occur--but these risks are outweighed by the benefits, and can be minimized particularly by feeding the baby his own mothers milk.
 
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