Enteritis can be caused by food or chemical poisoning, allergies, emotional upset or infectious diseases such as typhoid fever or dysentery. The intestine swells, which results in severe abdominal pain, craps, fever, loss of appetite, nausea and diarrhoea.

Chronic enteritis is also known as terminal iletisi and may occur for years. This form of enteritis requires medical treatment or surgery to remove the swollen section of the intestine. Acute enteritis is the temporary swelling of the intestine and is not considered as serious as chronic enteritis, although it can still cause problems in the elderly and infants. It may be necessary to perform surgery to remove a section of the intestine but this is usually not necessary.

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