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Entamoeba Histolytica
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Condition overview
Attributes
Commonalityis rare
Linked signs and symptoms
19Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
- Abdominal Cramp
- Abdominal Tenderness
- Appetite Loss (Anorexia)
- Blood in Stool
- Bowel Movement: Feeling of Incomplete Defecation (Tenesmus)
- Cramps Abdomen
- Diarrhoea (Diarrhea)
- Fatigue
- Fever (Raised Body Temperature)
- Flatulence (Farting)
- hepatomegaly
- Nausea
- Pain Abdominal
- Pain Abdominal, Severe
- Pain Anorectal
- Skin Yellowing (Jaundice)
- Stool With Bright Red Blood (Hematochezia)
- Vomiting
- Weight Loss (Body Mass Index Decreased)
Linked drugs / medications
1Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
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No linked treatment or supportive options are listed yet.
Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
1These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
Biological and test markers
1This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often decreased
0No markers in this group.
Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Entamoeba Histolytica
Entamoeba Histolytica
This is a parasite that can cause disease- specifically Amebiasis. The effect of Entamoeba Histolytica can take months and even years to surface after a human has been exposed to it. This parasite can enter the human body through contact with contaminated materials especially through food or water. Mature Entamoeba Histolytica can also be transmitted through a kind of sexual contact that exposes a person to foecal matter. Prevention can start by making sure everything, as much as possible, is clean and sterilized as Entamoeba Histolytica can survive up to a couple of weeks outside the human body. Entamoeba Histolytica when left untreated can cause death, which is estimated to grow as much as 100,000 in a year.
Summary References
Treatments:
1. http://www.helium.com/items/820013-entamoeba-histolytica-signs-and-symptoms
2. http://www.weizmann.ac.il/Biological_Chemistry/scientist/Mirelman/david_mirelman.html
3. http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/3/1/23
4. http://entamoeba.lshtm.ac.uk/
5. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/188777/Entamoeba-histolytica
6. http://www.udel.edu/medtech/dlehman/medt372/E-hist.html
7. http://www.cdfound.to.it/html/enta3.htm
8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=mmed&part=A4136
9. http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/e/entamoeba_histolytica/intro.htm
10. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/212029-overview
11. http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/parasitic/amebiasis.html
12. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000298.htm