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Viral dysentery
Introduction: Viral dysentery
A severe diarrhea caused by a virus. The condition is characterized by inflammation of the lining of the large intestines which causes diarrhea, often with blood in the feces. Dehydration can be a serious and possibly fatal complication of this disease. Viral dysentery is contagious.
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Viral dysentery?
Misdiagnosis and Viral dysentery
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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...read more »
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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...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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