In many cases, salmonellosis occurs with short-lived, but bright symptoms. If a person has strong immunity, then within 10 days he recovers, and the disease no longer makes itself felt. As a rule, these are cases of gastrointestinal form, in which the stomach and intestines suffer. With this form, there is vomiting, diarrhea, sometimes a fever and general weakness.
However, even in this case, salmonellosis can leave unfavorable consequences.
Other forms of salmonellosis, typhoid and septic, are often accompanied by serious complications.
Complications of salmonellosis
Possible complications of salmonellosis depend on its form. They arise if a person does not receive timely adequate treatment.
With gastrointestinal form the following complications are likely:
- vascular collapse;
- renal and heart failure;
- toxic shock;
- dehydration.
With typhoid and septic form complications can be as follows:
- toxic shock;
- myocarditis;
- pneumonia;
- thrombophlebitis;
- meningitis;
- arthritis;
- infectious psychosis;
- pyelonephritis ;
- damage to the nervous system;
- abscess of the brain, kidneys, liver, spleen;
- appendicitis.
At typhoid and septic salmonellosis there is a probability of a lethal outcome. For example, in 2000 typhoid fever was affected by 21.6 million people. At the same time, the death toll was 216,500 people.
Given the dangers of the consequences, salmonellosis of any form requires not only a doctor's examination, but also confirmation of the diagnosis by laboratory tests.
Consequences after salmonellosis
When complications of salmonellosis, the nature of the consequences corresponds to the disease that developed against a background of gastrointestinal, typhoid or septic form.
With a successful recovery without complications, salmonellosis, nevertheless, can leave an unpleasant picture after itself. Often the effects of the disease, especially in children of early school age, manifest themselves in the form of inflammation of the stomach and intestines. In this case, sampling in the laboratory shows that salmonella is still in the body.
With such consequences, the remnants of salmonellosis continue to be treated, and after a negative result the patient adheres to a special diet for 3 months.
After recovery, patients may also experience dysbacteriosis, especially if antibiotics have been used in the treatment. It is manifested either by constant constipation or by a relaxed stool.
Consequences of salmonellosis in pregnancy
Salmonella during pregnancy is manifested faster and brighter. If you do not start treatment in time, the bacteria can penetrate the placental barrier and harm the baby, so antibiotics of a wide spectrum of action that do not interfere with the fetal DNA and do not interfere with its development are often used to treat pregnant women.
Otherwise, the effects of salmonellosis in pregnant women do not differ from others.
Rehabilitation after salmonellosis
To restore the body after a bacterial infection, it will take several months, if it was leaking heavily. If the effects of salmonella are not observed, then a 10-day diet is sufficient.
If the body is weakened, and there are abnormalities in the digestive tract, then a prolonged diet is shown - up to 3 months, as well as taking probiotics if dysbacteriosis is present.
Diet after salmonellosis
During the diet it is forbidden to use:
- milk;
- raw vegetables and fruits, as well as berries;
- spicy food;
- fatty and fried foods (only light roasting of meat products is possible near the end of the diet);
- at the beginning of the diet should exclude all dairy products.
In the diet for the body the following products are favorable:
- light, non-fatty soups;
- mashed potatoes on the water;
- drying and crackers;
- porridge - buckwheat and millet;
- boiled meat of rabbit, chicken, turkey, beef.
Medications after salmonellosis
If there is a dysbacteriosis , then probiotics are prescribed:
- enterohermin;
- lactovit;
- bifikol;
- bifi-forms, etc.
The choice of a medicine depends on what the patient suffers: constipation or a relaxed stool.