Dysentery

Dysentery is a disease that involves severe bloody diarrhea. It is caused by a bacterium, which causes the intestines to swell up a lot. The opposite of dysentry is enteritis (diarrhea with no blood). The main symptom of dysentery is having blood or mucus in the excrement. Other symptoms are high fever and abdominal pain. It is usually treated with antibiotics. The diarrhea is severe and can be a problem for the people who catch the disease.

Soldier suffering from dysentery, image of 1929

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