Digestive system
Amoebiasis
Infectious · Acute
An intestinal infection with the parasite Entamoeba histolytica, causing diarrhoea, dysentery and sometimes liver abscess.
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Digestive system conditions
The digestive tract and organs that break down food and absorb nutrients.
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Anisakiasis
Infectious · Acute
A parasitic infection caused by eating raw or undercooked fish or squid containing Anisakis worm larvae.
Digestive system
Appendicitis
Non-infectious · Acute
Inflammation of the appendix, a small pouch attached to the large bowel, which usually causes worsening pain in the lower right abdomen.
Digestive system
Ascariasis
Infectious · Acute
An infection with the large roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, caught by swallowing eggs from soil contaminated with human faeces.