Editing Dysentery (section)

== Signs and symptoms ==
The most common form of dysentery is bacillary dysentery, which is typically a mild sickness, causing symptoms normally consisting of mild abdominal pains and frequent passage of loose stools or diarrhea. Symptoms normally present themselves after 1–3 days, and are usually no longer present after a week. The frequency of urges to defecate, the large volume of liquid feces ejected, and the presence of blood, mucus, or pus depends on the [[pathogen]] causing the disease. Temporary [[lactose intolerance]] can occur, as well. In some occasions, severe abdominal cramps, [[fever]], [[Shock (circulatory)|shock]], and [[delirium]] can all be symptoms.<ref name=Dor2009/><ref name="pmid359524">{{cite journal | vauthors = DuPont HL | title = Interventions in diarrheas of infants and young children | journal = Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association | volume = 173 | issue = 5 Pt 2 | pages = 649–53 | date = September 1978 | pmid = 359524 }}</ref><ref name="pmid2664748">{{cite journal | vauthors = DeWitt TG | title = Acute diarrhea in children | journal = Pediatrics in Review | volume = 11 | issue = 1 | pages = 6–13 | date = July 1989 | pmid = 2664748 | doi = 10.1542/pir.11-1-6 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Dysentery/Pages/Symptoms.aspx|title=Dysentery symptoms|website=[[National Health Service (England)|National Health Service]]|access-date=January 22, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323184106/http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Dysentery/Pages/Symptoms.aspx|archive-date=23 March 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In extreme cases, people may pass more than one liter of fluid per hour. More often, individuals will complain of [[diarrhea]] with [[blood]], accompanied by extreme abdominal pain, [[rectal pain]] and a low-grade [[fever]]. Rapid weight loss and [[muscle ache]]s sometimes also accompany dysentery, while [[nausea]] and [[vomiting]] are rare.

On rare occasions, the [[Amoeba|amoebic parasite]] will invade the body through the bloodstream and [[Systemic disease|spread beyond the intestines]]. In such cases, it may more seriously infect other organs such as the [[Human brain|brain]], [[Human lungs|lungs]], and most commonly the [[Human liver|liver]].<ref name=Diagnosis>{{cite web | website=mdguidelines.com | title=Dysentery-Diagnosis | url=http://www.mdguidelines.com/dysentery/diagnosis | access-date=November 17, 2010 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714063637/http://www.mdguidelines.com/dysentery/diagnosis | archive-date=14 July 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>