Primary study on Diarrhea prevalence in the Ahmedabad region of Gujarat state, India

Background: Diarrhea is one of the most common and fetal disease. It mainly affects the children who are below the age of five years. Till the date most of the study have focused on children, very rare analysis for adult is been done. Aim: In this study, a preliminary study on diarrheal incidents in the Ahmedabad was carried out. The prime objective of this study is to analyze various parameters associated with the disease diarrhea. Methods: Various physiological and clinical factors associated with diarrhea were considered for the study. Patients were analyzed based on their gender, age, WBC count, root cause of disease, source of contamination and type of microbes associate with disease. Obtained data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software. Analyzed data were discussed with the other similar studies. Results: From the study it was found that most of the diarrhea incidences were taken place because of infection of streptococcus or staphylococcus species. This infection has increased the total WBC count in the blood. However, fetal issue was not observed in adult.