How can amoebiasis be prevented? – InterviewSolution

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How can amoebiasis be prevented?

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Prevention of amoebiasis is to be done at two levels, viz. at home and at endemic level.

1. Prevention of the spread of amoebiasis at the home level:

Washing hands with soap and water after using the toilet or changing a baby’s diaper and before handling and eating food.
Cleaning bathrooms and toilets properly with germicides.
Avoiding raw vegetables when in endemic areas where they are grown in soil fertilized by human faeces.
Boiling and purifying the drinking water.

2. Prevention of the spread of amoebiasis at endemic level:

Avoiding consumption of street foods especially in public places.
Following good sanitary practice, as well as using proper sewage disposal or treatment.
E. histolytica cysts are usually resistant to chlorination; therefore sedimentation and filtration of water supplies are necessary to reduce the incidence of infection.
Avoiding shared towels or face washers.

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