causes, symptoms & prevention of children dysentery
Mostly developing countries are prone to childhood dysentery that causes an increase in death rate of children. Dysentery is a gastrointestinal disorder distinguished by inflammation of the intestines, specifically, the colon seldom results in necrosis and ulceration of the mucosa due to certain specific bacilli, protozoa or helminths and symptoms include abdominal pain , cramps, straining at stool and frequent passage of watery diarrhea or stools containing blood and mucus. Word dysentery comes from two Greek words meaning " ill " or " bad " and " intestine .” Find the nearest diagnostic centers in Bangalore with Cureplus . Types of dysentery: a) Amoebic dysentery or intestinal Amoebiasis , caused by a single-celled, microscopic parasite living in the large bowel. b) Bacillary dysentery is caused by invasive bacteria. Both types of dysentery occur mos...