Symptoms Of Listeriosis (Listeria)

Diarrhea

Again, diarrhea is another aspect of gastroenteritis that commonly occurs in listeria infections. Patients will often experience abdominal discomfort for a little bit before diarrhea begins. This type of bowel irritability could be a one-time-only event or last for several days depending on how an individual's body responds to listeriosis. While diarrhea is one hundred percent unpleasant, it isn't typically life-threatening. However, since it can cause dehydration and depletion of electrolytes, it is important to get enough fluids and electrolytes to help the body replenish what it has lost.

Convulsions

Convulsions are not as common as gastroenteritis or muscle pains are for symptoms of listeriosis, but they are definitely serious and need to be addressed by a medical professional. Convulsions can happen once the listeria infection has spread to the body's central nervous system. Convulsions occur in about twenty-five percent of listeriosis cases and involve involuntary movements throughout the body. Individuals might think of them as being sudden and spastic muscle twitches, which are a result of the listeria infection crossing the blood-brain barrier. Seizure activity has also been known to happen in serious cases of listeriosis and should be immediately addressed.