Amoebic DysenteryBy: Sydney Nettles & Madi Johnston

What is Amoebic Dysentery?

Intestinal illness. Associated with

-bloody stool -stomach pain -fever.

Caused by a amoebic parasite. Which is a protozoan Also referred to as Ameobasis

When was it found

Was first found in 1857 By Fredrick Lösch. He found it in the stool of a Russian

peasant. The disease was most completely

described in a 1980 report call “amoebic dysentery” written by the American researchers, Henri Amedee Lafleur and William Thomas Councilman.

Can I Catch it?

Yes! Amoebic dysentery is contagious. Caught from drinking contaminated

water, food, or from contact with an infected person.

There have been over 600 cases in the state of New York each year.

How do I know I have it?

There are some symptoms that come in two different levels.

mild symptoms: bloody stool, nausea, abdominal pain, tenderness, and weight loss

Can appear days to months after contracting the illness.

Serious symptom is liver abbess Months up to a year after the symptoms

are no longer there the parasite might be.

What does it look like?

Can this be prevented?

You can prevent it by washing you hands.

Staying at home from school or work if sick.

There is an antibiotic that can be prescribed from a doctor called Metronidazole.

To prevent the disease you can take drugs to kill the pathogen and disease causing agents

Labs and doctors

Doctors can prescribe antibiotics to a patient how has amoebic dysentery.

Stool sample analysis. Blood tests. Ultrasound. Colonoscopy.

Definitions

colonoscopy-the use of a thin, lighted instrument inserted into the rectum and the colon is viewed directly then a sample is taken to be tested.

Ultrasound- using the reflections of high frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (used to see babies).

WORKS CITED

http://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/amebiasis/fact_sheet.htm

http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/diseases/amoebiasis-amoebic-dysentery/657

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