Dysentery Treated

Need immediately dysentery TREATED

Rima was panic when Adi, her only two years old, suffered diarrhea accompanied by fever. At first he thought Adi ordinary diarrhea, but then there was blood visible on his son’s stool. Having taken to the hospital and performed the examination, only found out when her baby had dysentery.

In the Media Litbang Kesehatan (2004) mentioned, dysentery is a syndrome or collection of symptoms that appear as bloody diarrhea, mucus in the stool, and pain which forced to remove the feces. Easy, bloody diarrhea can be used as a marker of suspicion against dysentery. That is why, dysentery incorporated into the bloody diarhea or bloody diarrhea. In the WHO site, this simple definition has been used in much community-based study.

Because infection
Described by Dr. Badriul Hegar, Sp.A (K), a consultant gastroenterologist from FKUI child / RSCM, dysentery can be a cause of bacterial or amoebic infection. Infections caused by bacteria known as dysentery and are basiler common causes of dysentery in children. Shigella were reported as common causes of dysentery in children basiler, whereas infections caused by the amoeba known as amoebic dysentery.

In addition to bloody diarrhea, the child also had fever, abdominal pain, especially before a bowel movement, stool routine examination found the number of leukocytes and erythrocytes increased, and the examination of stool cultures causing germs can be found.

Abdominal pain during bowel movement (tenesmus) is often not seen in children younger because they are generally not able to describe the complaint. The infection spread through the hands, food, and water contamination, and typically occurs in areas with poor personal hygiene.

The spread of infection through the hands shigeIla very efficient because the number of Shigella needed to cause illness is very small. Health R & D in the media mentioned that the main cause of dysentery in Indonesia are Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli (E. coli), clan Entamoeba histolytica.

Causes of Death
Generally heavy dysentery caused by Shigella dysentery, can sometimes also be caused by Shigella flexneri, Salmonella, and Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC). WHO says that about 15 percent of all incidents of diarrhea in children under 5 years is dysentery.

The results of the evaluation survey in Indonesia in 1989-1990 also showed the same incidence. Dysentery became an important cause of morbidity and mortality of associated with diarrhea.

Because the impact of severe dysentery, the diarrhea is clinically suspected dysentery basiler is given antibiotics empirically for Shigella bacteria, though no evidence of bacteria in the stool cultures. However, according to Dr. Hegar, this should be followed by clinical monitoring, treatment given to provide a response on the third day.

If in that time no visible response, evaluation should be done, whether it’s not dysentery basiler dysentery or amoebic dysentery, but these bacteria are resistant to antibiotics are given, so that needs to be replaced.

Treatment of dysentery should be. If not, can endanger the child or the possibility of complications can occur. Severe dysentery was reported in infants who are not breastfed and in children with less nutrition.

Prevention of dysentery can be done with a very simple way, through personal hygiene and the environment. Hygiene starts with washing hands. Not only the child’s hand, but also parents and caregivers. Germs found on hands that have touched to various places can be prevented by washing hands with soap