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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Most infected people, perhaps 90%, are asymptomatic but this disease has the potential to make the sufferer dangerously ill. Symptoms can range from mild diarrhoea to [[dysentery]] with blood and mucus. | Most infected people, perhaps 90%, are asymptomatic but this disease has the potential to make the sufferer dangerously ill. Symptoms can range from mild diarrhoea to [[dysentery]] with blood and mucus. | ||
==History and Symptoms== | |||
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 [[amoebiasis]] there are no symptoms. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Most infected people, perhaps 90%, are asymptomatic but this disease has the potential to make the sufferer dangerously ill. Symptoms can range from mild diarrhoea to dysentery with blood and mucus.
History and Symptoms
Usually, the illness lasts about 2 weeks, but it can come back if treatment is not given. Mild symptoms:*Abdominal cramps
- Diarrhea
- Fatigue
- Intestinal gas (excessive flatus)
- Rectal pain while having a bowel movement (tenesmus)
- Unintentional weight loss
Severe symptoms:
- Abdominal tenderness
- Bloody stools
- Fever
- Vomiting
Note: In 90% of people with amoebiasis there are no symptoms.
References