24/11/2024
π¦ Amoebiasis π¦ is a condition wherein there is an overpopulation of Entamoeba histolytica, a type of protozoa, in the gastrointestinal tract (there are other amoeba species but pathogenic enteric infections with amoeba are usually caused by this particular species). They compete with the host's (the patient's) body for nutrients, and destroy gastrointestinal cells as well.
Amoeba cysts, or amoeba "eggs", exist naturally and ubiquitously in the environment in stagnant waters and in the soil. When the host consumes these eggs, they mature, thrive, and reproduce in the gastrointestinal tract. These, in turn, produces the symptom of diarrhea in infected patients; since pain is also present, vomiting may also happen. Management of amoebiasis but other diseases, especially viral ones, must be ruled out
Diagnosis of amoebiasis is done by fecalysis, or simple light microscopy of fresh stool samples. Amoeba cysts appear as "chocolate chip cookie"-shaped circles.
Can you identify one such cyst here in Kikay's fecalysis?
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