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It can cause severe dehydration which can be fatal.
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The most fatal disease at Andersonville was?
dysentery
How do you get dysentery?
Dysentery is caused by contaminated food and drink. It is most common in tropical areas. Side effects include bloody stool and vomiting. This illness can be fatal if it is not treated promptly.
Can dysentery kill you?
During the Civil War, dysentery killed more Union soldiers than the Confederacy did. Before penicillin and sulfa were invented, dysentery and diarrhea were fatal diseases--and in the Third World, where medical care is nonexistent, they still are.
What is the syintific name for dysentery?
Dysentery: Inflammation of the intestine, often with pain, diarrhea, bloody stools, etc. It is usually caused by infestation of the bowel by an ameba. Dysentery can be fatal, usually due to severe dehydration. Treatment includes rapid rehydration, sometimes via IV, and medication. From the Greek "dys-" meaning "abnormal or painful" + "enteron" meaning "intestine" = abnormal or painful intestine.
What is an effective weapon against Dysentery?
A vacine wich u can get in the store wal-mart talking to the person in the medical center and ask her or him for a vacine or medicine agains or to cure dysentery or as known shigella dysentery wich causes diseases and could lead to fatal thigs that will be called deat. Anyone who has died and is reading this (haha) let me pray for you and r.i.p willbern know as maria badillo
What is the prefix of dysentery?
The prefix of dysentery is dy. The suffix of dysentery is sentery. Dysentery is an inflammation of the colon or intestines.
What is dysentery what is the sign of dysentery?
explosive diarrhea
Where did dysentery exist?
Dysentery exists in the small intestine
What is a sentence that has the word dysentery in it?
They all suffered from dysentery after drinking the dirty water.
What are the Difference between dysentery and diarrhea?
Dysentery killed many people on the trail to Oregon.
What disease does Entamoeba cause?
Dysentery (aka terrible diarrhea) I think. Maybe other illnesses too -- probably depends where in the body they are.
What is fulminating colitis?
Fulminating colitis-- A potentially fatal complication of amebic dysentery marked by sudden and severe inflammation of the intestinal lining, severe bleeding or hemorrhaging, and massive shedding of dead tissue.
