It is hard to be sure, and experts disagree on this point. Whether or not B. hominis is the primary cause of your symptoms is unknown. Finding Blastocystis in stool samples should be followed up with a careful search for other possible causes of your symptoms.
Symptoms may be caused by infection with other parasitic organisms, bacteria, or viruses. Often, B. hominis is found along with other such organisms that are more likely to be the cause of your symptoms.
Sometimes symptoms are not caused by an infection at all. Antibiotics, some cancer drugs, and medications used to control high blood pressure may be causing your symptoms. Hormone or endocrine diseases, diseases like Crohn’s, colitis, or hereditary factors may be the cause of illness. Food additives or food allergies may also be a cause of abdominal discomfort. (Source: excerpt from Blastocystis hominis Infection: DPD)
Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.
When checking for a misdiagnosis of Blastocystis hominis or confirming a diagnosis of Blastocystis hominis, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Blastocystis hominis may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Blastocystis hominis. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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