** Causes of dysentery ** ========================= Bloody diarrhea or dysentery is a type of disease that is caused by various factors, including some bacteria and microbes.. Every person of any age may experience this condition one or more times.. Natural diarrhea is a condition in which food and liquids cannot turn into a solid state in the intestine and quickly leave the intestine in a watery state. It indicates a disease of the digestive system... Dad.... **What is bloody diarrhea?** It is a state in which watery stools with blood come out of the intestines... healthy stools are solid and slightly soft and brown in color... but in the case of diarrhea, these things change and bother the person... the blood seen with diarrhea may come from any part of the digestive system... it kills... the cause was asked... although in some cases the symptoms of this disease are nothing but a disease, but since the body is facing a lack of water, people with diarrhea Blood should drink a lot of fluids to prevent dehydration, especially body aches and fecal incontinence usually appear after 1 to 3 days and disappear within a week... - Fever above 38 degrees Celsius - Faster pulse - Decreased level of consciousness - Confusion and confusion - Severe weakness and dizziness - Vomiting with blood or black matter - Respiratory problem - Severe abdominal pain and excessive stiffness ** Causes of dysentery ** This disease can be seen in two chronic and acute conditions in people, and the causes of its occurrence are different for each person.... Relatively mild factors such as hemorrhoidal bleeding to more severe cases such as stomach bleeding or even colon cancer can cause this disease.... Most people suffer from this condition due to the presence of bacteria and viruses and lack of personal hygiene..* - **rotavirus** This virus, which is known as stomach germ or stomach flu, is one of the most common causes that affects babies and children under 5 years old. If a baby or child has watery diarrhea for 3 to several days, the existence of this virus can be suspected. Also, its presence in a person's body causes symptoms such as fever, vomiting and infection-B-abdominal infection.... Bacteria are normally present in the stomach and intestines, but sometimes due to excessive use of antibiotics, the body's useful bacteria are destroyed and cannot fight pathogens... Usually, if a person gets a bacterial infection, it takes up to two weeks to recover. Among the bacteria that cause bloody diarrhea, the following can be mentioned: - **Shigella**: This bacterium is one of the most common bacteria and it is also called shigellosis... It is transmitted due to lack of hygiene and through contaminated food and contact with an infected person. Those who suffer from it have fever and heartache and insist on going to the bathroom despite not needing to go to the bathroom. And eating food contaminated with animal feces causes the formation of this bacteria in the body. Its symptoms include fever, vomiting, and severe stomach cramps, and it appears after a few days. The bacteria is transmitted through contaminated food and causes head food poisoning, head infection, feces, salmonella and its symptoms. It is usually solved by taking antibiotics and lots of fluids... - **gastrointestinal bleeding** When there is a problem in a person's digestive system from the mouth to the intestine that causes bleeding, it appears in the stool.... If the blood in diarrhea is dark red or almost black, the problem is in the upper part of the digestive tract, but if the color is bright red, it is related to the lower part of the digestive tract.... Some problems such as constipation, stomach infection, inflammatory bowel infection, stomach infection, intestinal infection, intestinal infection, etc.. In diarrhea.... **hemorrhoids and anal fissure** Hemorrhoids occur when the veins in the rectum and anus become inflamed, causing bleeding and red diarrhea. This disease is abbreviated as IBD and there are two types of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's.. If it is damaged in the colon and rectum, the person will have diarrhea with pus and blood... People who suffer from this condition have to go to the bathroom more often than other people.. They may also experience symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, fever, and loss of appetite.. This is a disease in which the affected person has watery diarrhea. it slows down or stops... As a result, not enough oxygen reaches the cells of the intestine and causes damage to the large intestine... They also do... Also bloating, pain or fever, the need to vomit are its symptoms and nausea... It is treated intravenously, fluid injection, angioplasty and stenting, antibiotic use, and in acute cases with surgery... Intestinal movements irritate the produced appendages, and the state of diarrhea increases this irritation and Blood comes out of the intestines... Overuse of some drugs destroys beneficial bacteria and causes infection or bleeding in the digestive system in a person. Diarrhea may be accompanied by blood. Of course, sometimes by eating red foods such as beets, blueberries, tomatoes, and candy, the stool becomes red and blood is mistakenly taken. In addition to the cases introduced, there are other causes such as bleeding or stomach ulcers, malformed blood vessels, esophageal varices, There is severe intestinal obstruction, intestinal rupture, intestinal rupture.. Gastroenteritis, radiation therapy and other factors cause bloody diarrhea.... **Disease diagnosis method** If a person suffers from bloody diarrhea for any reason, he should see a doctor... the doctor first takes a history from the patient and if the cause of the disease is diagnosed through a clinical examination, he prescribes medicine... but if the symptoms are severe, specialized tests must be performed... the need for specialized imaging of that area to accurately diagnose the source of the bleeding or ultrasound, the cause of the disease... colonoscopy... in cases where it is not possible to determine whether the red stool is related to the presence of blood in it, testing Occult blood is done in the stool... Prevention of dysentery ** This disease usually occurs as a result of not observing hygiene... For this reason, the best way to prevent it is to observe personal hygiene and wash hands regularly with soap and water.... Also, you should not be in contact with infected people who have pathogens....even when changing the diaper of a baby with this disease, you must be very careful....unpasteurized milk, cheese and dairy products.... Do... - Do not swim in the pool or people who may not have been in contact with contaminated water.... Infected with shigellosis bacteria... - After contact, wash the contaminated surfaces with soap and water... **Treatment of dysentery** If the cause of the disease is bacteria and it shows mild symptoms, it is usually resolved by consuming plenty of fluids and resting... But if the disease is severe, antibiotics must be prescribed by the doctor... Of course, some bacteria resist antibiotic treatment... If there is no improvement, you must inform the doctor so that he can change your medicine... When parasites are usually the cause of the prescribed medicine and the user... the amoeba does not survive in the body... In most cases, metronidazole is used because this drug kills both parasites and bacteria.... In case of diarrhea, if the blood is due to bleeding in the digestive tract and the person loses a lot of blood, they will give him a blood transfusion in the hospital.... If the diarrhea affects the person for a long time, the body loses a lot of water.... Therefore, in addition to drinking fluids, IV injections may be necessary for fiat-containing serum deficiency, having a healthy diet.. and vegetables and consumption A lot of water and fluids along with drug treatment will make you recover faster... Avoid using antidote for diarrhea... because you may get worse by taking the wrong medicine... **\*Gastroenterologist in Mashhad\***