Amoebiasis is a protozoal infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica that primarily infects the colon but can spread to other organs. Common symptoms include diarrhea, which may contain blood, and fever. Diagnosis involves examining stool, blood, and tissue samples. Treatment consists of antibiotics like metronidazole. Preventive measures include health education, proper disposal of feces, safe drinking water, and fly control.
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Amoebiasis is a protozoal infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica that primarily infects the colon but can spread to other organs. Common symptoms include diarrhea, which may contain blood, and fever. Diagnosis involves examining stool, blood, and tissue samples. Treatment consists of antibiotics like metronidazole. Preventive measures include health education, proper disposal of feces, safe drinking water, and fly control.
Amoebiasis is a protozoal infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica that primarily infects the colon but can spread to other organs. Common symptoms include diarrhea, which may contain blood, and fever. Diagnosis involves examining stool, blood, and tissue samples. Treatment consists of antibiotics like metronidazole. Preventive measures include health education, proper disposal of feces, safe drinking water, and fly control.
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Amoebiasis is a protozoal infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica that primarily infects the colon but can spread to other organs. Common symptoms include diarrhea, which may contain blood, and fever. Diagnosis involves examining stool, blood, and tissue samples. Treatment consists of antibiotics like metronidazole. Preventive measures include health education, proper disposal of feces, safe drinking water, and fly control.
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AMOEBIA
Often there is an ineffectual urge to defecate
again and again, with very little stool actually being passed. There is much flatulence with abdominal cramps. In severe cases, the liver and
SIS other organs may get affected, causing specific conditions related to organ, e.g., hepatitis, cysts, abscess, etc. The most common symptoms of amoebiasis are diarrhea (which may contain (Amoebic Dysentery) blood), - Is a protozoal infection of human beings and fever. initially involves the colon, but may spread to soft tissues, most commonly to the liver or DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION lungs, by continuity or hematogenous or 1. Stool Exam lymphatic dissemination. 2. Blood exam 3. Proctoscopy / Sigmoidoscopy CAUSATIVE AGENT: - Entamoeba histolytica TREATMENT MODALITIES 1. Metronidazole SOURCE: 2. Tetracycline - Human excreta 3. Ampicillin 4. Chloramphenicol INCUBATION PERIOD 5. Lost fluid and electrolytes should be replaced. - 3 days for severe - It last for several months for sub-acute and NURSING MANAGEMENT chronic 1. Observe isolation and enteric precaution. - In average it varies from 3-4 weeks 2. Provide health education and instruct patient to boil water for drinking or purified water; PERIOD OF COMMUNICABILITY cover leftover food; avoid ground vegetables - Communicable for the entire duration of the 3. Mouth care. illness PREVENTION MODE OF TRANSMISSION 1. Health education. 1. The disease can be passed from one person to 2. Sanitary disposal of feces. another through fecal-oral transmission. 3. Use purified drinking water. 2. The disease can be transmitted through sexual 4. Detection and treatment of carriers. contact by orogenital, oroanal, and 5. Fly control. proctogenital sexual activity. 3. Through indirect contact, the disease can infect humans by ingestion of food especially uncooked leafy vegetables foods karling contaminated with fecal materials containing. E. histolytica cysts.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Amoebiasis is characterised by nonspecific diarrhea with loose, semi formed, foul smelling stools, or dysentery with mucous, traces of blood and small quantities of stools passed repeatedly.
