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Advice for parents/carers when your child is suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting. Tummy bugs are extremely common in young children and are almost always caused by a virus. They are easily spread, resulting in outbreaks in nurseries and schools.

Advice for professionals

Tummy bugs are very common in young children and are almost always caused by a virus. They are easily spread around nurseries, schools and in families.

The Little Orange Book contains advice and tips on how to manage common illnesses and problems that babies and young children often experience in the first 5 years of their lives