What is dysentery

Dysentery presentation

1. DYSENTERY

2. •WHAT IS DYSENTERY?
•DYSENTERYISANINFECTIONINYOURINTESTINES
THATCAUSESBLOODYDIARRHEA. ITCANBECAUSED
BYAPARASITEORBACTERIA.

3. •DYSENTERY SYMPTOMS
1.DIARRHEAWITHBELLYCRAMPS
2.FEVER
3.NAUSEAANDVOMITING
4.BLOODORMUCUSINTHEDIARRHEA

4. •NAUSEAANDVOMITING
•FEVER
•PAININTHEUPPERRIGHTPARTOFTHEBELLY
•WEIGHTLOSS
•SWOLLENLIVER
•DYSENTERY SYMPTOMS

5. •DYSENTERY TREATMENT
•MEDICINEWITHBISMUTHSUBSALICYLATE(PEPTO-
BISMOL) MAYEASESYMPTOMSLIKEBELLYCRAMPS
ANDDIARRHEA. YOUCANALSOTAKEANOVER-
THE-COUNTERPAINRELIEVER
LIKEACETAMINOPHEN TOMANAGEPAINFUL
CRAMPS.

6. •DYSENTERY PREVENTION
•DRINKANDBRUSHYOURTEETHWITHBOTTLEDOR
CANNEDWATERONLY, NOTTAPWATER.
•ORDERYOURDRINKSWITHOUTICE.
•ONLYEATRAWFRUITSANDVEGETABLESTHATHAVE
APEEL.

7. •DYSENTERY COMPLICATIONS
•SEVERELYLOWPOTASSIUMLEVELS, WHICHCAN
CAUSELIFE-THREATENINGHEARTBEATCHANGES
•SEIZURES
•HAEMOLYTICURAEMICSYNDROME(ATYPEOF
KIDNEYDAMAGE)