{"id":1046,"date":"2019-11-30T14:55:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T14:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2020-04-28T12:55:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T12:55:34","slug":"dysentery-shigella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/diseases\/dysentery-shigella\/","title":{"rendered":"Dysentery &#8211; Shigella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dysentery, or shigella, is an infectious gut infection caused by bacteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dysentery<\/strong> is spread with contaminated water or with food that is not cooked.&nbsp;Even food that is not properly cooked or fried can cause dysentery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It usually takes two to three days from getting infected to getting sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you get <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dysentery<\/span>, you usually get trouble-free within a week if you receive treatment.\u00a0But you can catch a long time afterward.\u00a0It is important to wash your hands as the infection spreads through people&#8217;s contact with food and water.\u00a0You will be advised by your doctor on how to avoid passing the infection on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symptoms of dysentery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have <em>dysentery<\/em>, it is common for you to have the following symptoms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Stomach ache.<\/li><li>Fever.<\/li><li>Diarrhea containing blood and mucus.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When should I seek care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Seek medical attention immediately if you have at the same time all three of the above symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treatment for dysentery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important that you get fluid in order not to be dehydrated by\u00a0diarrhea.\u00a0Usually, you also receive antibiotic treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dysentery, or shigella, is an infectious gut infection caused by bacteria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1472,1390],"tags":[1485,1487],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-stomach-and-intestine-infection","category-stomach-and-intestine","tag-dysentery","tag-shigella"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4308,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions\/4308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}