infections
Escherichia coli Infections
Symptoms ofE. coliInfections
E. colisymptoms depend on the part of the body affected and the strain ofE. colicausing the infection. E. coliis the most common cause of bladder infection in women. People with Traveler’s Diarrhea have abdominal cramping and watery diarrhea and sometimes nausea and vomiting. Symptoms are usually mild and resolve in 3 to 5 days. typically begin with severe abdominal cramps and watery Diarrhea in Adults , which may become bloody within 24 hours. (This disease is sometimes called hemorrhagic colitis.) People usually have severe abdominal pain and diarrhea many times a day. They also often feel an urge to defecate but may not be able to. Most people do not have a fever. Because the infection is easily spread, people must often be hospitalized and isolated. The diarrhea may resolve on its own in 1 to 8 days if no problems develop. However,E. coliO157:H7 infection is often very severe and may cause serious problems (such as hemolytic-uremic syndrome) as the diarrhea lessens. Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (HUS) None E. coliO157:H7 infection may result in death, especially in older people, whether hemolytic-uremic syndrome develops or not. 