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Exposed individuals may experience either mild, severe, or even no symptoms at all. In extreme cases dysentery patients may pass over a litre of fluid an hour. More often, individuals will complain of [[nausea]], [[abdominal pain]], and frequent watery and usually foul-smelling [[diarrhea]] accompanied by [[mucus]] and [[blood]], rectal pain, and [[fever]]. [[Vomiting]], rapid weight loss, and generalized [[muscle ache]]s sometimes also accompany dysentery. On rare occasions, the amoebic parasite will invade the body through the bloodstream and spread beyond the intestines. In such cases, it may more seriously infect other organs such as the [[Human brain|brain]], [[Human lungs|lungs]], and the [[liver]].<ref name=Diagnosis>{{cite web | author=mdguidelines.com | title=Dysentery-Diagnosis | url=http://www.mdguidelines.com/dysentery/diagnosis | accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref> | Exposed individuals may experience either mild, severe, or even no symptoms at all. In extreme cases dysentery patients may pass over a litre of fluid an hour. More often, individuals will complain of [[nausea]], [[abdominal pain]], and frequent watery and usually foul-smelling [[diarrhea]] accompanied by [[mucus]] and [[blood]], rectal pain, and [[fever]]. [[Vomiting]], rapid weight loss, and generalized [[muscle ache]]s sometimes also accompany dysentery. On rare occasions, the amoebic parasite will invade the body through the bloodstream and spread beyond the intestines. In such cases, it may more seriously infect other organs such as the [[Human brain|brain]], [[Human lungs|lungs]], and the [[liver]].<ref name=Diagnosis>{{cite web | author=mdguidelines.com | title=Dysentery-Diagnosis | url=http://www.mdguidelines.com/dysentery/diagnosis | accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalsang Dolma, M.B.B.S.[2]
Overview
History and Symptoms
Exposed individuals may experience either mild, severe, or even no symptoms at all. In extreme cases dysentery patients may pass over a litre of fluid an hour. More often, individuals will complain of nausea, abdominal pain, and frequent watery and usually foul-smelling diarrhea accompanied by mucus and blood, rectal pain, and fever. Vomiting, rapid weight loss, and generalized muscle aches sometimes also accompany dysentery. On rare occasions, the amoebic parasite will invade the body through the bloodstream and spread beyond the intestines. In such cases, it may more seriously infect other organs such as the brain, lungs, and the liver.[1]
References
- ↑ mdguidelines.com. "Dysentery-Diagnosis". Retrieved 2010-11-17.