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patient catches a bacterial infection from the hospital environment, the body cannot fight back then. Hence,
the infection develops and remains.
When does One Realize?
The symptoms of the infection start showing either in the 48 hours of admission in the hospital, after 3 days
of discharge, or after 30 days of an operation. The patients are admitted to the hospitals for ailments other
than the infection, but they catch the infection in the hospital surroundings.
Symptoms of Nosocomial Infections
The symptoms vary from type to type in the infections. Let’s look into some most common infections first.
Respiratory, surgical wounds, urinary tracts, gastrointestinal are the most common nosocomial infections in
people. Meningitis and pneumonia are also quite common. The symptoms for these may include fever,
headache, cough, shortness of breath, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, difficulty in passing urine, burning
sensation while urinating, and wound discharge. These are various other infections and various other
symptoms related to these infections. A patient must remain careful, especially after discharge from a
hospital, and take immediate action once he/she feels something unusual.
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