Shigellosis: Warning over vomiting bug spreading through UK schools

Shigellosis is a vomiting and diarrhoea bug. It can also cause a high fever, stomach cramps and tenesmus – feeling the need to pass stool when the bowels are empty. The symptoms usually begin to show one to two days after exposure. It can spread when people don’t thoroughly wash their hands after using the […]

Shigellosis symptoms: Health bosses issue warning as contagious vomiting bug SPREADS

Health bosses have issued a warning after students at three schools in Stoke-On-Trent were struck by by the bug. Shigellosis infection is a highly contagious diarrhoea caused by Shigella bacteria. The bacteria, which causes dysentery, can be passed in faeces or spread from an infected person to contaminate food or water, or directly to another […]