Table 6.7.

Illnesses that can cause symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting that may be confused with gastroenteritis

Surgical disorders:	Coeliac disease
Acute appendicitis	Systemic infections:
Intussusception	Septicaemia
Pyloric stenosis	Pneumonia
Various causes of incomplete	Meningitis
intestinal obstruction,	Urinary tract infection
including Hirschsprung's	Measles (especially if malnourished)
disease	Malaria
Inflammatory bowel disease:	Upper respiratory tract infections
Necrotizing or non-specific	Otitis media
Enterocolitis
Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis
Acute food intolerance	Other disorders
e.g. cows' milk protein intolerance	Diabetic pre-coma
	Haemolytic–uraemic syndrome
	Haemorrhagic shock and
	encephalopathy*

^*Levine et al. (1983).