What Is Dysentery?
6. Complications
The standard symptoms of dysentery can be unpleasant enough, and it can go on to get a lot worse. In some cases, for example, dysentery can go on to cause an infection of the blood stream. It is only usually people with weakened immune systems that develop this condition, and it is thankfully rare. Dehydration is also a possibility.
A small number of people will develop an infection of the joint known as postinfectious arthritis. The disease will last for years in some cases. Dysentery might also go on to cause hemolytic uremic syndrome, a condition that causes the destruction of red blood cells. Amebic dysentery will sometimes lead to the parasite infecting the brain or lungs. Some children will experience seizures for reasons that are not clearly understood.
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