The contraction of gastroenteritis from water contagion with E coli with grown increased risk of developing similar other situations, as stated by the Canadian researchers in the BMJ online.

The researchers studied 1,977 patients who are exposed to E coli whilst a water contamination incident, soon after the incident for eight years.

When compared with the patients who were not ill, or who are mildly ill, whilst the outbreak, and the ones who have suffered from heightened gastroenteritis were 1.3 times more possible to develop hypertension, 3.4 times when compared to develop renal impairment, and 2.1 times have more chances of developing a cardiovascular event.

The authors stated that the findings the basic need for following up individual cases of food or water which led to poison the E coli O157: H7 to help stop and lower the silent progressive vascular injury.