Dysentery Symptoms

What are the symptoms of dysentery ?

Symptoms of dysentery include inflammation of the intestine characterized by the frequent passage of feces, usually with blood and mucus.

There ar two types of dysentery.
1) Bacterial Dysentery - Shigellosis , which is caused by one of several type of Shigella bacteria - In this the stool comes mixed with blood.
2) Amoebic Dysentery - In this mucus may present in the stools, along with the organism.

Some of the main symptoms of dysentery are listed below:

• The main symptom of dysentery is a bloody diarrhea.
• Abdominal Cramps.
• Fever.
• Rectal pain.
• Restricted bowel movements.
• Frequent watery motions.
• Loss of appetite.
• Nausea.
• Vomiting.
• Stomach pains.