• Wilderness-acquired diarrhea is a variety of traveler's diarrhea in which backpackers and other outdoor enthusiasts are affected. Potential sources are...
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    percent in 1520 alone. Wilderness diarrhea, also called wilderness-acquired diarrhea (WAD) or backcountry diarrhea, refers to diarrhea among backpackers,...
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    Reed Tropical Medicine Course – Silver Spring, Maryland, US Wilderness acquired diarrhea Expedition medicine Supercourse on Travel Medicine Archived 2006-09-01...
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    Firelighting Hammock camping Outdoor cooking Overlanding Swag Tarp tent Wilderness-acquired diarrhea Frank A. Bates, Camping and camp cooking (Boston: The Ball Publishing...
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    Portable water purification (category Wilderness)
    backpackers, although this has created some controversy. (See wilderness acquired diarrhea.) In Hawaii and other tropical areas, Leptospira spp. are another...
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    individuals who experience symptoms (about 10% have no symptoms) may have diarrhea, abdominal pain, and weight loss. Less common symptoms include vomiting...
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    backpacking, horseback riding, fishing, and hunting all require basic wilderness survival skills, especially to handle emergencies. Individuals who practice...
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    Hypovolemic shock, also known as low volume shock, may be from bleeding, diarrhea, or vomiting. Cardiogenic shock may be due to a heart attack or cardiac...
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    and the right wing of the V. However, Lee, incapacitated in his tent by diarrhea, could not effect the attack he hoped to make. Grant realized the situation...
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    about twice as many deaths as did combat. The main causes of fatality were diarrhea and dysentery, followed by typhoid fever, pneumonia, malaria and smallpox...
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