this parasite causes whats known as dysentry. this is manifested as severe watery diarrhea with blood and mucus.there might be abdominal pain, nausea,vomiting.these are the common sypmtoms. this disease is indeed contagious.its transmitted by eating food/drink contaminated by the parasite. and food/drink get contaminated when infected people (who dont wash their hands well after using the toielt) come in contact with this food/drink.
therefore protection from giardia simply involves drinking/eating clean water/food.
I’m sure you can look this answer up for yourself. The info is there if you know where to look, as I think the med.school student forgot to mention. The most reliable for any medical personal at all including doctors and nurses is found at webmd.com. Knowing that is just one thing, then you need to read more to actually find that this is also a parasite found in the USA in streams, lakes, rivers, etc. where drinking water doesn’t go through the water protection that ours does when it comes into our homes. This is found most when the doctor takes a stool specimen and sends it to the lab for further testing. Also symptoms like diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and allot of gas or flatulence are common. Some people have no symptoms at all. This can also go away by itself and come back without treatment with metronidazole which helps ease the symptoms and prevents the spread of it too. BTW- If you have this make sure to replace your toothbrush too. This is often most overlooked when people have any illness or disease that can come back again. Please make sure anything else that might be infected is replaced too. Good luck and God Bless
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this parasite causes whats known as dysentry. this is manifested as severe watery diarrhea with blood and mucus.there might be abdominal pain, nausea,vomiting.these are the common sypmtoms. this disease is indeed contagious.its transmitted by eating food/drink contaminated by the parasite. and food/drink get contaminated when infected people (who dont wash their hands well after using the toielt) come in contact with this food/drink.
therefore protection from giardia simply involves drinking/eating clean water/food.
I’m sure you can look this answer up for yourself. The info is there if you know where to look, as I think the med.school student forgot to mention. The most reliable for any medical personal at all including doctors and nurses is found at webmd.com. Knowing that is just one thing, then you need to read more to actually find that this is also a parasite found in the USA in streams, lakes, rivers, etc. where drinking water doesn’t go through the water protection that ours does when it comes into our homes. This is found most when the doctor takes a stool specimen and sends it to the lab for further testing. Also symptoms like diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and allot of gas or flatulence are common. Some people have no symptoms at all. This can also go away by itself and come back without treatment with metronidazole which helps ease the symptoms and prevents the spread of it too. BTW- If you have this make sure to replace your toothbrush too. This is often most overlooked when people have any illness or disease that can come back again. Please make sure anything else that might be infected is replaced too. Good luck and God Bless