Amoebic Dysentery
How is it Spread?
- Anyone who is not immune
- Increased susceptibility through:
- over crowded and unclean environments
- Fertilizer made with human feces
- People who do not wash their hands
- Spread through contaminated water and food
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Life Cycle of a Protist
- Alternate between asexual and sexual reproduction
- Asexual production:
- binary fission
- sporogenesis
Before we learn about Amoebic Dysentery....
Asexual Reproduction:(cloning) genetic replication by one organism. Each cell produced has the same genetic makeup.
Sexual Reproduction: Two organisms required. Each resulting cell has it's own unique genetic makeup.
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What are the Odds?
- More common in developing countries
- 5000-10,000 cases diagnosed in U.S. annually
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Complications
- Parasites can get into blood stream and infect other parts of the body... most commonly the Liver
- Symptoms for signs of infected liver:
- cough
- weakness
- high fever
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What is Amoebic
Dysentery?
- An intestinal infection
- Caused by Protozoan Entamoeba Histolytica
- Occurs when a cyst passes through the intestines and then breaks open in the stomach resulting in infection
- Cysts exit through feces
- Cysts are still able to live in feces
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Symptoms
Symptoms can last for days or weeks but...Parasites can live in the bowel for months sometimes years
(Can occur within 10 days)
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- severe diarrhea
- mild abdominal discomfort
- constipation
- stool containing blood and/or mucus
- Chills
- High fever
- Weight loss
- Loss of appetite
- Vomiting
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Diagnosis
- Microscope evaluation of stool
- trophozoites
- cysts
- X-Rays
- CT scans
- Ultrasounds
- Colonoscopy
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Treatment
- Plenty of fluids
- Eat whenever possible
Most cases go away within a few days or weeks
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Prevention
At home...
- Wash hands before eating and after going to the bathroom
- Avoid unclean kitchens and lavatories
- Avoid contact with infected people
- Avoid sharing towels
Prevention cont.
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Abroad...
- Avoid tap water
- utilize purifying tablets and filters
- Avoid drinks with ice
- Avoid unpasteurized milk and dairy products
- Avoid raw fruit and vegetables
- Avoid food sold by vendors
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