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What Causes Stomach Cramps,bloody Stools And Fever?
my daughter went swimming with her friends at a lake. a couple days later she got a fever that ranged from 102.3 to 103.3 that didn t want to come down wit otc meds. later she developed stomach cramps followed by joint pain then tonight she started with bloody stools. I talked with a girlfriend of mine and she told me that my daughter might of contracted salmonell from the lake is this possible
Thu, 6 Oct 2016
Hi welcome to health care magic
Your daughter having fever with blood in stool and cramps.....
These features suggestive towards acute infection of intestine like that of dysentery...
It could be shigella like bacterial infection or parasitic infection like entameba....
There is systemic spread of organism in blood leading bacteremia and so fever present
Stool examination done to rule out organism leading this condition and accordingly specific drug can be prescribed
Empirically broad spectrum ofloxacin plus ornidazole given
CBC also done to rule out neutrophilia if present.
Take care
Consult physician for examination and further work up
Your daughter having fever with blood in stool and cramps.....
These features suggestive towards acute infection of intestine like that of dysentery...
It could be shigella like bacterial infection or parasitic infection like entameba....
There is systemic spread of organism in blood leading bacteremia and so fever present
Stool examination done to rule out organism leading this condition and accordingly specific drug can be prescribed
Empirically broad spectrum ofloxacin plus ornidazole given
CBC also done to rule out neutrophilia if present.
Take care
Consult physician for examination and further work up
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