 [ Symptoms ] i do not know what i have i have a white discharge it statred a day or two ago its not smelly and i am not itchy i do not know if this has to do with having sex or not but my boyfriend and i are our firsts i have never experienced this before and i am scared mainly because i am 16 and i am afraid to tell my mom because she does not know i am sexually active [ Disease ] dysentery is severe diarrhea with blood and mucus in the stool dysentery is caused by bacteria or other agents that can infect our intestines including shigella and the o157h7 strain of e coli these unusually aggressive bacteria release toxins that can damage the walls of the intestines bloody diarrhea as well as a whole body severe illness can result people with bloody diarrhea should call their doctor or seek medical attention urgently they should not take over the counter antidiarrheal medicines like pepto bismol or loperamide imodium which can make dysentery worse the majority of people who are ill enough to be evaluated for diarrhea in the u s are not infected by dysentery causing bacteria and do not have bloody stools in developing countries dysentery is a larger public health problem