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A person gets amebiasis by putting anything in their mouth that has touched infected feces or by eating

or drinking food or water contaminated with the parasite.

It can also be spread sexually by oral-anal contact.

This is dangerous to people. It can cause harm to human body. Keep clean and healthy!

The symptoms are often quite mild and can include loose feces (poop), stomach pain, and stomach
cramping.

Amebic dysentery is a severe form of amebiasis associated with stomach pain, bloody stools (poop), and
fever. Rarely, E. histolytica invades the liver and forms an abscess (a collection of pus).

Symptoms for amoeba existence

Abdominal cramps.

Diarrhea: passage of 3 to 8 semiformed stools per day, or passage of soft stools with mucus and
occasional blood.

Fatigue.

Excessive gas.

Rectal pain while having a bowel movement (tenesmus)

Unintentional weight loss.

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