Three children in the Palakkad district were diagnosed with infection caused by Shigella bacteria. All the infected children are below 10 years of age and residents of Alanallur and Lakkidi-Perur panchayats.
Some people who attended a function at Alanallur were affected by food poisoning last week. Two children among them were hospitalised and shigellosis was confirmed later in the blood and stool sample tests.
A six-year-old boy has been detected with the infection of Shigella bacteria in Lakkidi- Perur on June 4.
Shigellosis is caused by the infection of Shigella bacteria. Severe diarrhea, fever, stomach ache, nausea and fatigue are the major symptoms, which usually start only one to two days after being infected.
The symptoms may span from two to seven days or even more. In some cases, symptoms may not be severe.
