Got gastro? Here's why eating bananas helps but drinking flat lemonade might not

  • Written by: Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Doctors are reportedly concerned about a spike in the number of kids with gastroenteritis – when tummy infections can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, abdominal pain, headache and muscle aches.

Rotavirus is a common cause of gastroenteritis in children and the reported rotavirus rate in New South Wales so far this year...

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