What are the symptoms of Amoebiasis?
An individual infected with Entamoeba histolytica may have no symptoms, or may have a range of symptoms from mild (most common) to severe. Mild symptoms may include abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea that may include blood or mucus alternating with periods of constipation or remission. Other symptoms, such as nausea, weight loss, fever and chills may also occur. Rarely the parasite may invade other organs of the body, such as the liver, lung or brain, and cause abscesses. How soon do symptoms occur? Symptoms usually appear within 2 to 4 weeks after swallowing cysts of Entamoeba histolytica, but they may appear as quickly as a few days, or take as long as several months or years. How is Amoebiasis diagnosed? Amoebiasis is diagnosed by finding the cysts of Entamoeba histolytica in a stool specimen examined under a microscope. Sometimes more than one stool specimen must be obtained for examination because the number of cysts in the stool can change from day to day, and cysts may not be in
