Amoebic dysentery

Introduction: Amoebic dysentery

Description of Amoebic dysentery

Amoebic dysentery (medical condition): Ameba-caused bacterial bowel infection and ulceration....more »

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Amoebic dysentery: inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Amoebic dysentery: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Amoebic dysentery:

• Dysentery (20 causes)
• Inflammation
• Intestines
• Acquired
• Food
• Food symptoms (1907 causes)
• Water
• Feces

Amoebic dysentery as a Disease

Amoebic dysentery: Another name for Amebic dysentery (or close medical condition association).
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Amoebic dysentery: Related Diseases

Amoebic dysentery: Amoebic dysentery is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Dysentery
• Bacterial diseases
• Digestive Diseases
• Gastroenteritis
• Waterborne Diseases
• Protozoan Conditions
• Carrier conditions
• Diseases contagious from bedding
• Diseases contagious from clothing
• Diseases contagious from food
• Diseases contagious from contaminated water
• Intestinal Conditions
• Bowel conditions
• Colon conditions
• Parasitic diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Digestive conditions

Causes of Amoebic dysentery

Some of the causes of Amoebic dysentery are included in the list below:

• Bowel ulceration

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Symptoms of Amoebic dysentery (Amebic dysentery)

Some of the symptoms of Amoebic dysentery incude:

• No symptoms - some people are symptomless carriers
• Onset may be sudden or over years
• Mild early symptoms - when onset is slow
• Weight loss
• Anemia

See full list of 12 symptoms of Amoebic dysentery (Amebic dysentery)

Treatments for Amoebic dysentery (Amebic dysentery)

Treatments for Amoebic dysentery (Amebic dysentery) include:

• Antibiotics
• Nitroimidazole drugs
• Diloxamide furoate

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Treatment of Amoebic dysentery: For more treatment information about Amoebic dysentery, see treatment of Amebic dysentery (Amoebic dysentery)

Amoebic dysentery: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Amoebic dysentery:

• intestinal amebiasis
• Entamoeba histolytica
• E histolytica
• Amoeba coli
• A coli
• amebic colitis
• Entamoeba dispar
• E dispar
• dysentery
• amebic dysentery
• acute amebic colitis
• fulminant amebic colitis
• chronic amebic colitis
• ameboma cs

Terms associated with Amoebic dysentery:

Terms Similar to Amoebic dysentery:

• amebic dysentery

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Amoebic dysentery

• amebiasis
• amoebiasis
• amebiosis
• amoebiosis
• dysentery

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Amoebic dysentery

The following list attempts to classify Amoebic dysentery into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• amebiasis,amebiosis,amoebiasis,amoebiosis
• protozoal infection
• infection
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

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