Complications of Leptospirosis

Complications list for Leptospirosis:

The list of complications that have been mentioned in various sources for Leptospirosis includes:

• Kidney damage
• Kidney failure (type of Kidney disease)
• Meningitis
• Liver failure
• Respiratory distress
• Death
• Weil's disease

See also the symptoms of Leptospirosis and Leptospirosis: Introduction.

Complications and sequelae of Leptospirosis from the Diseases Database include:

• Conjunctivitis
• Pyrexia of unknown origin
• Aseptic meningitis
• Zoonosis
• Purpura
• Uveitis
• Hepatocellular jaundice
• Gram negative bacilli / rods
• VDRL positive
• Renal failure, acute
• Erythema nodosum
• Myocarditis

See also the symptoms of Leptospirosis and Leptospirosis: Introduction.

Complications of Leptospirosis:

If not treated, the patient could develop kidney damage, meningitis, liver failure, and respiratory distress. In rare cases, death occurs. (Source: excerpt from Leptospirosis: DBMD)

Leptospirosis Symptoms: Book Excerpts

• Signs and symptoms - Colorado tick fever
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• Signs and symptoms - Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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• Signs and symptoms - Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
• IV. Clinical Presentation - Fever - Case 11-1 18-Month-Old Girl
• IV. Clinical Presentation - Fever - Case 11-4 7-Month-Old Girl
• IV. Clinical Presentation - Jaundice - Case 15-1 14-Day-Old Boy
• IV. Clinical Presentation - Jaundice - Case 15-3 2-Month-Old Boy
• IV. Clinical Presentation - Jaundice - Case 15-4 6-Week-Old Girl
• IV. Clinical Presentation - Jaundice - Case 15-6 5-Week-Old Girl
• Presentation - Fever and Neutropenia
• Presentation - Outpatient Evaluation of Fever

Leptospirosis as a symptom:

For a more detailed analysis of Leptospirosis as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Leptospirosis.

About complications:

Complications of Leptospirosis are secondary conditions, symptoms, or other disorders that are caused by Leptospirosis. In many cases the distinction between symptoms of Leptospirosis and complications of Leptospirosis is unclear or arbitrary.

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