Symptoms of Enterocolitis

List of symptoms of Enterocolitis:

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Enterocolitis includes the 7 symptoms listed below:

• Fever
• Abdominal swelling
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Rectal bleeding
• Sluggishness

Note that Enterocolitis symptoms usually refers to various symptoms known to a patient, but the phrase Enterocolitis signs may refer to those signs only noticable by a doctor.

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• Abdominal swelling - see all causes of Abdominal swelling
• Diarrhea - see all causes of Diarrhea
• Fever - see all causes of Fever
• Nausea - see all causes of Nausea
• Rectal bleeding - see all causes of Rectal bleeding
• Sluggishness - see all causes of Lethargy
• Vomiting - see all causes of Vomiting

Medical Books Online about Enterocolitis

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Symptoms of Enterocolitis: Online Medical Books

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Pseudomembranous enterocolitis: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Pseudomembranous enterocolitis begins suddenly with copious watery or bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever. Serious complications, including severe dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, hypotension, shock, and colonic perforation, may occur in this disorder.

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Necrotizing enterocolitis: Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Abdominal distention, increased gastric residue, bloody diarrhea, lethargy, metabolic acidosis, jaundice, disseminated intravascular coagulation, bradycardia

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Pseudomembranous enterocolitis: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Pseudomembranous enterocolitis begins suddenly with copious watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever. Diarrhea, with or without blood, and abdominal pain may occur within 48 hours after administration of the drug. Signs and symptoms may begin with mild to moderate watery diarrhea with lower abdominal cramping. As the disease progresses, the patient may have profuse watery diarrhea with up to 30 stools per day and abdominal pain. Low-grade fever, along with abdominal tenderness and leukocytosis, occurs.

In a small number of presenting patients, colitis will develop with bradycardia, fever, abdominal pain, and distention. Serious complications may be associated with this disorder. They include conditions such as severe dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, hypo-tension, shock, and colonic perforation.

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Necrotizing enterocolitis: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Any infant who has suffered from perinatal hypoxemia has the potential for developing NEC. A distended (especially tense or rigid) abdomen, with gastric retention, is the earliest and most common sign of oncoming NEC, usually appearing from 1 to 10 days after birth.

Other signs and symptoms include increasing residual gastric contents (which may contain bile), bilious vomitus, and occult or gross blood in stools. One-fourth of patients have bloody diarrhea. A red or shiny, taut abdomen may indicate peritonitis.

Nonspecific signs and symptoms include thermal instability, lethargy, metabolic acidosis, jaundice, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The major complication is perforation, which requires surgery.

Recurrence of NEC and mechanical and functional abnormalities of the intestine, especially stricture, are the usual cause of residual intestinal malfunction in any infant who survives acute NEC. They may develop as late as 3 months postoperatively.

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About signs and symptoms of Enterocolitis:

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