Amebiasis : Symptoms, Diagnosis & Tests (Amebic dysentery, Intestinal amebiasis)

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Amebiasis

Alternate Names : Amebic dysentery, Intestinal amebiasis

Symptoms & Signs

Usually, the illness lasts about 2 weeks, but it can come back if treatment is not given.

Mild symptoms:

Abdominal cramps
Diarrhea
- Passage of 3 - 8 semiformed stools per day
- Passage of soft stools with mucus and occasional blood
Fatigue
Intestinal gas (excessive flatus)
Rectal pain while having a bowel movement (tenesmus)
Unintentional weight loss

Severe symptoms:

Abdominal tenderness
Bloody stools
- Passage of liquid stools with streaks of blood
- Passage of 10 - 20 stools per day
Fever
Vomiting

Note: In 90% of people with amebiasis there are no symptoms.

Diagnosis & Tests

Examination of the abdomen may show liver enlargement or tenderness in the abdomen.

Tests include:

Blood test for amebiasis (serology)
Examination of the inside of the lower large bowel (sigmoidoscopy)
Microscope examination of 3 stool specimens several days apart

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Review Date : 9/17/2008
Reviewed By : David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Jatin M. Vyas, PhD, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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