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Dysentery

Dysentery: Introduction

Dysentery: A general term for various bacterial digestive disorders. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Dysentery is available below.

Symptoms of Dysentery

• Abdominal pain
• Tenesmus
• Bloody stool
• Mucus in stool
• Intestine inflammation
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 10 symptoms of Dysentery

Treatments for Dysentery

• Bed rest
• Fluids
• See also treatments of amebic dysentery
• more treatments...»

Read more about treatments for Dysentery

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Dysentery:

• Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Tests
• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Dysentery?

• Misdiagnosis of Dysentery
• Failure to diagnose Dysentery
• Hidden causes of Dysentery (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Dysentery

Dysentery: Deaths

Read more about Deaths and Dysentery.

Alternative Treatments for Dysentery

Alternative treatments or home remedies that have been listed in various sources as possibly beneficial for Dysentery may include:

• Mercurius corrosivus homeopathic remedy
• Colocynth homeopathic remedy
• Arsenicum homeopathic remedy
• more treatments »

Types of Dysentery

• Amebic dysentery - caused by bowel infection with ameba.
• Bacillary dysentery - digestive infection by Shigella bacteria.
• Balantidial dysentery - caused by Balantidium coli
• Bilharzial dysentery - worm infection by Schistosoma haematobium
• Ciliary dysentery
• more types...»

See full list of 22 Types of Dysentery

Dysentery: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Dysentery:

• Complications of bacillary dysentery:
  • Intestinal perforation (see Digestive symptoms)
  • Intestinal bleeding
• See also complications of amebic dysentery
• more complications...»

Causes of Dysentery

• Digestive bacterial infection
• Digestive viral infection
• Scurvy
• Crohn's disease
• Colon cancer adenocarcinoma
• more causes...»

See full list of 18 causes of Dysentery

More information about causes of Dysentery:

• Underlying causes of Dysentery
• Dysentery as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Dysentery

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Dysentery:

• Shigellosis
• Dysentery
• Bacillary dysentery
• Diarrhea
• Bacterial infection
• Intestinal infection
• more related diseases...»

Dysentery: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Celiac Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Heartburn -- Undiagnosed
  • GERD -- Undiagnosed
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Pancreatitis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Dysentery

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called ...read more »

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can...read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, ...read more »

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Dysentery: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Digestive Health Specialists (Gastroenterology):
  • Gastroenterology (Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Health)
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Dysentery

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Dysentery:

• Digestive Health (Gastroenterology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Dysentery, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Dysentery: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Rare Types
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Rare Types
  • Celiac Disease -- Rare Types
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Rare Types
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Pancreatitis -- Rare Types
  • Gallstones -- Rare Types
  • Lactose Intolerance -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Latest Treatments for Dysentery

• IV fluid
• Oral fluids
• Bismuth subsalicylate
• Kaolin pectin
• Diphenoxylate
• more treatments...»

See full list of 16 latest treatments for Dysentery

Dysentery: Animations

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Research about Dysentery

Visit our research pages for current research about Dysentery treatments.

Clinical Trials for Dysentery

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Dysentery include:

• Phase 3 Study (Safety, Immunogenicity and Efficacy) of Improved Shigella Conjugate Vaccines in 1-4 Year Olds in Israel - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Shigella Vaccines
• A Study of the Absorption of GT267-004 in Patients With Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - tolevamer potassium-sodium (GT267-004)
• Healthy Adult Volunteer Study for Two Doses of a Shigella Vaccine - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Rifaximin, Loperamide and the Combination to Treat Travelers' Diarrhea - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Rifaximin and loperamide
• A Study of GT160-246 Versus Vancomycin in Patients With Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - GT160-246
• more trials...»

Read more about Clinical Trials for Dysentery

Prevention of Dysentery

Prevention information for Dysentery has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Dysentery.

• Avoid contaminated food
• Keep food away from flies
• Avoid contaminated water
• more preventions...»

Read more about prevention of Dysentery

Dysentery: Broader Related Topics

• Bacterial diseases
• Digestive Diseases
• Infectious Diarrhea
• more types...»

Types of Dysentery

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Definitions of Dysentery:

An infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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