ABSTARCT
Acute diarrheal disease with its accompanying dehydration has remained a challenging problem to
the medical profession and the community in the third world countries especially in the age below
five years. The current study was conducted to study the prevalence of diarrheal diseases amongst
under five population and the seasonal distribution of diarrheal diseases amongst under five
population. It was a longitudinal study conducted among 2408 children under 5 yrs age group
including 541 infants. Maximum cases of diarrhea (81.89%) were in infants. 90.60% episodes of
diarrhea were treated at home with ORS and/or home available fluids. About half of the diarrheal
episodes 2798 (46.39%) were occurred in monsoon season.
Key words: Acute diarrheal disease, under five child, infant, ORS