PROTOZOAN DISEASES

Pneumocystis

Symptoms: fever, shortness of breath, weight loss, and night sweats.

Amoebiasis

Symptoms: abdominal discomfort with diarrhea alternating with constipation to severe diarrhea with mucus and blood in the stool.

Amoebiasis

abscess in the liver, lungs and brain

Malaria

primarily affects human liver and red blood cell.

Leishmaniasis

Symptoms: irregular and recurrent fever, leukopenia, enlargement of liver and spleen, lesions and ulcer.

Trypanosomiasis first stage

Symptoms: fever, enlarged lymph gland, blood in urine, aching muscles and joints, headache and irritability.

Trypanosomiasis second stage

Symptoms: personality change, alteration of biological clock, confusion, slurred speech, seizure, difficulty in walking and talking.

Giardiasis

Symptoms: weight loss, anemia, and poor protein absorption.

Trichomoniasis

Symptoms: In men is asymptomatic unless it infiltrates seminal vesicle and prostate. In women in thin watery vaginal discharge accompanied with itching and burning.

Toxoplasmosis

Symptoms: fever, swollen lymph node, head ache, muscle ache, and sore throat.

Pneumocystis

Symptoms: fever, shortness of breath, weight loss, night sweats

Balantidiasis

Symptoms: fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, dehydration, bloody diarrhea