Patient's question:
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the child was doing well. The third day, our whole family took the child to eat dinner. However, the child didn't eat anything. In the afternoon, we visited relatives and ate about three sugar-free cookies for diabetics at their house. Then we played for a while before going home. Around seven o'clock in the evening, it started to have loose stools (thick,). Today, during the day, it had about five episodes of diarrhea, but none were too liquid. In the evening, it was about to take a nap when it had another bowel movement, this time in the diaper. Quickly opening it, we found white sticky strands mixed with blood in the stool. We took it to the hospital for tests, and the doctor said it was viral dysentery. Our child just turned one year old, and we have been very attentive to its health. How could it get dysentery?Doctor's answer:
Based on the child's medical history and symptoms, it is suspected that the case may be infected with Shigella, leading to the occurrence of mucoid bloody stools. It has already been diagnosed as dysentery. Dysentery is a contagious disease, and the child may have been infected or the food may have been contaminated with industrial waste through the digestive tract. Antibiotics are needed for treatment, and close attention should be paid to monitoring stool and body temperature. In severe cases, hospitalization may be required.