Are You or Your Partner Sick with Diarrhea?

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  It might be caused by Shigella germs.
  
  These germs can be found in stool (poop) of people who are sick with the illness.
  
  Protect Yourself and Your Community
  
  If you have diarrhea, FOLLOW these simple steps:
  
  • WASH YOUR HANDS, especially after going to the bathroom.
  
  • WAIT to have sex until your diarrhea is completely gone. Use barriers (like condoms or dental dams) during sex.
  
  • DO NOT prepare food for others while you are sick.
  
  • AVOID swimming until you have fully recovered.
  
  If you think you might have Shigella, talk to your doctor..
  
  www.cdc.gov/shigella
  
  CS294579-D
  
  PN300530
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  18_294579-are-you-or-partner-sick-with-diarrhea-factsheet-H.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Diarrhea Dysentery, Bacillary Shigella
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1ae0042b0291fd76b32f34d92f0fad0783e9389ca42e167f76157f86d6faf31b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/148101/cdc_148101_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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