Faecal-Oral Diseases
Faeces are the waste matter remaining after food has been digested in the small intestine, discharged from the bowels and eventually through the anus during defecation. Many diseases and disorders can affect bowel function and produce abnormalities in the faeces. For example, diarrhoea occurs when there is frequent defecation and excessive soft, watery faeces while constipation is characterised by infrequent evacuations and the production of excessive hard and dry faces. Faecal-oral diseases are diseases that transmitted from infected human faeces to human mouth. These diseases are result of ingesting contaminated faeces from infected persons. Faecal-oral diseases include diarrhoea , typhoid , cholera , polio , dysentery and hepatitis . Aside the lack of proper sanitation (such as open defecation), it is absurd to think that a person takes in faeces into the mouth, the transmissions of these diseases are usually not deliberate but often occurs due to forgetfulness of personal h...