Question

A patient complains of suffering from constipation, stomach ache, stool with blood clots and excess mucous. The physician diagnosed it as amoebiasis, after stool test.

1. Write the scientific name of the microbe identified in the stool sample.
2. How do you think, the patient must have contracted it?
3. Write your suggestions to the patient to avoid infection in future.

Answer 1

1. Pathogen: Entamoeba histolytica.
2. It is a disease carried by a vector and is spread via tainted food and water. Houseflies are the disease's primary disease vector (mechanical carriers).
3. Personal hygiene: Measures for personal hygiene include keeping the body clean; consumption of clean drinking water, food, vegetables, fruits, etc.