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Suggest Treatment For Abdominal Pain And Diarrhea

what are the symptoms for amoebas? I have been traveling in Guatemala & Mexico in the Yucatan area and may have contracted them. Some people I was with had them. I have a lot of abdominal pain and feel sickish & bloated every time after eating anything. Both my husband and I had terrible diarrhea so we went to emergency care and they gave us zipro. They said they didn t know what amoebas were. I have been taking the zipro for three days to rule out other kinds of infections but I m not feeling any better yet . Any suggestions? And thank you for your help.
Wed, 16 Jul 2014
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Amoeba is a parasite and enters via the oral route.
It harbours inteh large intestines and may occasionally enter liver through the veins.
This causes typical sticky ( mucus) diarrhea along with lots of spasmodic pain .
The treatment is also easy. Metronidazole in the dose of 400 mg thrice daily. (dosage is given as your Doctor may not know about this.)
This is one drug which still acts. Another medicines which may be effective are- Ornidazole, tinidazole.
The doses to be taken as per your Doctor's advise.
Continue the antibiotics.
You can go for the stool tests.


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Suggest Treatment For Abdominal Pain And Diarrhea

Amoeba is a parasite and enters via the oral route. It harbours inteh large intestines and may occasionally enter liver through the veins. This causes typical sticky ( mucus) diarrhea along with lots of spasmodic pain . The treatment is also easy. Metronidazole in the dose of 400 mg thrice daily. (dosage is given as your Doctor may not know about this.) This is one drug which still acts. Another medicines which may be effective are- Ornidazole, tinidazole. The doses to be taken as per your Doctor s advise. Continue the antibiotics. You can go for the stool tests.