Pleural Effusions

Amoebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica. This is the third leading cause of death (after malaria and schistosomiasis) from parasitic infections. This disease usually occurs in young to middle-aged adults. Amoebiasis is usually transmitted contamination of drinking water and foods with fecal matter, but can be transmitted indirectly through contact with dirty hands or objects, as well as oral-anal contact. Amoebiasis is mostly associated with people who live in areas of poor sanitation and it is a common cause of diarrhea in people living or traveling in developing countries, especially those located in tropical and subtropical areas, but also the local suburbs with no sanitation.

About 500 cases are reported each year in the State of New York. About 500 million people worldwide are believed to carry E. histolytica in their intestines. Amoebiasis is believed to cause between 40,000 and 100,000 deaths worldwide each godine.Simptomi Intestinal Amoebiasis include diarrhea, abdominal cramping, stool streaked with blood or mucus, nausea or vomiting and sometimes fever. Most patients with liver abscess are febrile and have right-upper-quadrant pain, which may be dull or pleuritic in nature and radiate to the shoulder. Point tenderness over the liver and right-sided pleural effusion are common. Jaundice is rare It can also spread to other organs such as liver, lung and brain cancer invading the venous system.