Symptoms of Shigellosis
Symptoms of Shigellosis
The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources
for Shigellosis includes the 15
symptoms listed below:
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Medical Books Online about Shigellosis
Medical Books Excerpts
Excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Shigellosis
are available from published medical books
for more detailed information about Shigellosis.
Medical Books Excerpts
- DIARRHEA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Diarrhea
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Diarrhea
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
- [ read ]
- Shigellosis
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Poisoning
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Diarrhea
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Diarrhea
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Diarrhea
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Diarrhea
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Diarrhea
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Diarrhea
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
- [ read ]
Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Shigellosis:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
After an incubation period of 1 to 7 days (3 days is the average), Shigella organisms invade the intestinal mucosa and cause inflammation. In children, shigellosis usually produces high fever, diarrhea with tenesmus, nausea, vomiting, irritability, drowsiness, and abdominal pain and distention. Within a few days, the child's stool may contain pus, mucus, and — from the superficial intestinal ulceration typical of this infection — blood. Without treatment, dehydration and weight loss are rapid and overwhelming.
In adults, shigellosis produces sporadic, intense abdominal pain, which may be relieved at first by passing formed stools. Eventually, however, it causes rectal irritability, tenesmus and, in severe infection, headache and prostration. Stools may contain pus, mucus, and blood. Fever may be present.
Complications of shigellosis, such as electrolyte imbalance (especially hypokalemia), metabolic acidosis, and shock, aren't common but may be fatal in children and patients who are debilitated. Less common complications include conjunctivitis, iritis, arthritis, rectal prolapse, secondary bacterial infection, acute blood loss from mucosal ulcers, and toxic neuritis.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Poisonous snakebite:
Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Pain, edema, fever, skin discoloration, petechiae, ecchymoses, blebs, blisters, bloody wound discharge, necrosis
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Poisonous snakebites:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Most snakebites happen on the arms and legs, below the elbow or knee. Bites to the head or trunk are most dangerous, but any bite into a blood vessel is dangerous, regardless of location.
Most pit viper bites that result in envenomation cause immediate and progressively severe pain and edema, local elevation in skin temperature, fever, skin discoloration, petechiae, ecchymoses, blebs, blisters, bloody wound discharge, and local necrosis. (See After a snakebite.)
Because pit viper venom is neurotoxic, pit viper bites may cause local and facial numbness and tingling, fasciculation and twitching of skeletal muscles, seizures (especially in children), extreme anxiety, difficulty speaking, fainting, weakness, dizziness, excessive sweating, occasional paralysis, mild to severe respiratory distress, headache, blurred vision, marked thirst and, in severe envenomation, coma and death. Pit viper venom may also impair coagulation and cause hematemesis, hematuria, melena, bleeding gums, and internal bleeding. Other symptoms of pit viper bites include tachycardia, lymphadenopathy, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hypotension, and shock.
The reaction to coral snakebite is usually delayed — sometimes up to several hours. These snakebites cause little or no local tissue reaction (local pain, swelling, or necrosis). However, because coral snake venom is neurotoxic, a reaction can progress swiftly, producing such effects as local paresthesia, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, difficulty swallowing, marked salivation, dysphonia, ptosis, blurred vision, miosis, respiratory distress and possible respiratory failure, loss of muscle coordination and, possibly, shock with cardiovascular collapse and death.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Poisoning:
Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Depending on poison (such as alcohol, cyanide, acetone, turpentine, or petroleum): headache, seizures, loss of consciousness, chest pain, muscle weakness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Snakebites, poisonous:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Most snakebites happen on the arms and legs, below the elbow or knee. Bites to the head or trunk are most dangerous, but any bite into a blood vessel is dangerous, regardless of location.
Most pit viper bites that result in envenomation cause immediate and progressively severe pain and edema (the entire extremity may swell within a few hours), local elevation in skin temperature, fever, skin discoloration, petechiae, ecchymoses, blebs, blisters, bloody wound discharge, and local necrosis.
Because pit viper venom is neurotoxic, pit viper bites may cause local and facial numbness and tingling, fasciculation and twitching of skeletal muscles, seizures (especially in children), extreme anxiety, difficulty speaking, fainting, weakness, dizziness, excessive sweating, occasional paralysis, mild to severe respiratory distress, headache, blurred vision, marked thirst and, in severe envenomation, coma and death. Pit viper venom may also impair coagulation and cause hema-temesis, hematuria, melena, bleeding gums, and internal bleeding. Other symptoms of pit viper bites include tachycardia, lymphadenopathy, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hypotension, and shock.
The reaction to coral snakebite is usually delayed — sometimes up to several hours. These snakebites cause little or no local tissue reaction (local pain, swelling, or necrosis). However, because coral snake venom is neurotoxic, a reaction can progress swiftly, producing such effects as local paresthesia, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, difficulty swallowing, marked salivation, dysphonia, ptosis, blurred vision, miosis, respiratory distress and possible respiratory failure, loss of muscle coordination and, possibly, shock with cardiovascular collapse and death.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Food Poisoning or Foodborne Illness:
Food Poisoning or Foodborne Illness - signs & symptoms
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- GI illness:
- Nausea and vomiting
- Diarrhea (watery vs. mucoid vs. bloody)
- Abdominal pain or cramping
- Constitutional symptoms (fever, malaise, myalgias)
- Jaundice (may be present in hepatitis A)
- Botulism:
- Impaired cranial nerve activity (sluggish or fixed pupils, ptosis, diminished corneal and oculovestibular reflexes, facial weakness, diminished gag, weak cry)
- Constipation
- Hypotonia with progressive symmetric descending paralysis
- Absent deep tendon reflexes
- Apnea
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
Sympathomimetic Poisoning:
Sympathomimetic Poisoning - signs & symptoms
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- The clinical effects of these agents overdose vary based on their receptor selectivity.
- Most agents have some degree of combined alpha and beta adrenergic activity (ephedrine, pseudoephedrine).
- Hypertension, tachycardia, dysrhythmia, acute coronary syndromes, pulmonary edema and cerebrovascular injury, anxiety, a sense of impeding doom, apprehension, fear, and headache.
- At very high doses, agents cross the blood–brain barrier result in central nervous system symptoms, such as headache, seizures, and intracranial hemorrhage
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
Article Excerpts About Symptoms of Shigellosis:
FDA Bad Bug Book (Excerpt)
Symptoms -- Abdominal pain; cramps; diarrhea; fever; vomiting; blood, pus, or mucus in stools; tenesmus.
(Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)
Shigellosis (General): DBMD (Excerpt)
Most who
are infected with Shigella develop diarrhea, fever, and
stomach cramps starting a day or two after they are exposed to
the bacterium. The diarrhea is often bloody. Shigellosis usually
resolves in 5 to 7 days. In some persons, especially young children
and the elderly, the diarrhea can be so severe that the patient
needs to be hospitalized. A severe infection with high fever may
also be associated with seizures in children less than 2 years
old. Some persons who are infected may have no symptoms at all,
but may still pass the Shigella bacteria to others. (Source: excerpt from Shigellosis (General): DBMD)
Shigellosis as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions
When considering symptoms of Shigellosis, it is also important to consider Shigellosis as a possible cause of other medical conditions.
The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Shigellosis may cause:
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Shigellosis: Onset and Incubation
Incubation period for Shigellosis: Onset time -- 12 to 50 hours.
(Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)
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This signs and symptoms information for Shigellosis has been gathered from various sources,
may not be fully accurate,
and may not be the full list of Shigellosis signs or Shigellosis symptoms.
Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Shigellosis may vary on an individual basis for each patient.
Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they
are indeed Shigellosis symptoms.
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