E. Coli virus?

Question

What are the symptoms for e. coli?

Answer 1

A lot of pain and bloody diarrhea. Go to the Er because those symptoms could also be from ulcerative colitis, or crohn's disease. E-Coli is very dangerous. I have a cousin who contracted it after visiting a petting zoo and almost died from it. There are no meds that you can use for the pain either because of what E-coli does to your organs(meds would only speed that up). Let's hope you don't have E-Coli. Get checked out ASAP.

Answer 2

Escherichia Coli is not a virus. It's a bacteria, or, more likely, a family of bacteria.

Most of them will cause diarrhea. But the severity, duration and symptoms of the illness will vary with age, the kind of E. Coli you've come in contact with and your general health.

Mostly they will give you diarrhea and/or vomiting with or without a fever after you`ve had food or water contaminated with it, that, in most cases in adults, will resolve in about a week without much treatment.
In the recent outbreak in the US, however, is involved a much more agressive type of E. Coli known as 0157:H7. That E. Coli makes you sick not because you become infected with it (although you do) but because it produces a strong toxine.
Mostly children and elderly people will become severely ill.
They might start their symptoms with diarrhea and vomiting. The stools might become bloody as a result of the intestines being severely damaged by the toxin.
The toxin will also attack the kidneys, making them unable to produce urine. That will lead to olyguria (peeling very little or nothing) and uremic poisoning (that is, being poisoned by the waste the kidneys can't get rid of)
Lastly, the toxin will affect the blood red cells causing them to break (what is called hemolysis)

that's why the full disease is known as "Uremic Hemolytic Syndrome"

The acute renal failure, the hemolytic anemia and the severe disturbances in your body electrolytes (such as potasium and sodium) might lead to severe arrithmia, seizures, multiorganic failure and even death.

That's the whole process. This DOES NOT MEAN that everyone suffering from diarrhea right now is infected with E Coli, or will become severelly ill.

But if you know someone who's having bloody stools and/or is unable to pee and/or is having seizures without a history of them, they should seek emergency care ASAP.

I hope I helped.

Answer 3

E coli is a bacterium, not a virus. Everyone has it in their colon, hence th name,
Certain strains of it can cause abdominal cramps & diarrhoea in susceptible individuals.

Answer 4

You mean E. coli bacteria?

Answer 5

Diarrhea and severe cramping are the main symptoms

Answer 6

diarrhoea, cramps loose stools,.. not all of them cause it, some pathogenic ones

Answer 7

DIARRHEA, VOMITING, NAUSEA, CRAMPS, you just feel awful in general