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- DictionaryDys·en·ter·y/ˈdisnˌterē/
noun
- 1. infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea with the presence of blood and mucus in the feces.
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3 days ago · What Is Dysentery? Dysentery is an infection in your intestines that causes blood and mucus while passing stools. The bacteria that cause dysentery is Shigella and Entamoeba (parasite). The first sign of dysentery is passing 3 to 8 liquid or soft abnormal stools a day.
5 days ago · In severe forms, blood and mucus are seen in small stools (dysentery), and meningismus and convulsions may occur. In older children, the disease may be mild and characterized by watery diarrhea without blood. In young children, a fever of 39.4°C–40°C is common. Symptoms generally last 3–7 days.
5 days ago · Gastroenteritis, acute infectious syndrome of the stomach lining and the intestine characterized by diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal cramps. Numerous viruses, bacteria, and parasites can cause gastroenteritis. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of gastroenteritis.
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2 days ago · Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi. [2][3] Symptoms vary from mild to severe, and usually begin six to 30 days after exposure. [4][5] Often there is a gradual onset of a high fever over several days. [4]
2 days ago · An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. [1] An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable disease, is an illness resulting from an infection.
4 days ago · We summarize the intervention measures reported to be effi cient for the control and the prevention of common transmissible infections among homeless populations. Evidence suggests that appropriate street- or shelter-based interventions for targeted populations are the most effi cient methods.
4 days ago · It is probably the case that many of the so-called camp fevers, and probably also a considerable proportion of the camp dysentery, of the wars of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were malarial in origin."
