Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is an inflammatory disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon, that results in severe diarrhea containing mucus and/or blood in the feces with fever, abdominal pain, and rectal tenesmus. If left untreated, dysentery can be fatal.
In developed countries, dysentery is, in general, a mild illness, causing mild symptoms normally consisting of mild stomach pains and frequent passage of fece...
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Parent Disease:
- Infectious disease ,
- Digestive disease ,
- Gastrointestinal Disorders ,
- Ill-defined intestinal infections
Treatments:
- Oral rehydration therapy ,
- Rehydration ,
- Norfloxacin ,
- Racecadotril ,
- Intravenous therapy ,
- Increase fluid intake ,
- Cardamom
Also known as:
- Bloody flux,
- Flux,
- Infectious diarrhea,
- Contagious diarrhea
