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Giardia duodenalis is also known as Giardia intestinalis and Giardia lamblia. These three terms all mean the same thing. It is a parasitic disease. Although you may hear people call it any of the three terms i listed they are talking about the same parasite. Many parasites have scientific names.

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Giardia duodenalis is a microscopic parasite. A main symptom for this parasite is diarrhea. This parasite affects the small intestines. This illness can affect people as well as animals. This illness can live up to. months outside of the body.

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There are many symptoms for giardia duodenalis. The most common symptom is diarrhea. This illness affect the small intestine. Sense it affect the small intestine many people experiencing bloating, cramps, gas, etc. No person if going to have the exact same symptom. It just depends how the persons body reacts to the illness.

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There are ways to prevent giardia duodenalis. Washing your hands frequently is lower your risk tremendously. Avoiding contaminated food and water is something you need to avoid as well. With good hygiene your are less likely to end up with this illness. It is very important to keep your body clean.

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Anyone can be infected with this parasite. Some people are at higher risk for it that others. People that are around germs are at hire risk for this illness. People who are not drinking safe and clean water are also at high risk. Making sure you are only putting good stuff in your body is an important factor for avoiding this disease.

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It is most commonly spread through fecal-oral transmission. Meaning if you were to eat contaminated food or drink contaminated water you could get it. When a person has close contact with an infected person also higher the risk of them getting it. A human can get this illness from an animal even. This parasite can to transmitted through animals and contaminated food and surfaces not just from humans.

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Medication is the number one treat ent for this illness. Without medication you are likely to keep the parasite. Usually treatment is used to shorten the amount of time infected. Treatment also stop the spread of the illness to other individuals. Antiprotozoal medications like metronidazole, tinidazole, or nitazoxanide are the medications used for treatment.

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You can be infect more than once. There is a treatment for this disease but that does not mean you cant get it again. It is not uncommon for a person to have this illness reoccur. If exposed to this disease you can still get it. Although you can still do treatment to get rid of it again.

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An estimated percentage of people infested with this illness every year is about 200 million. Every year is different some may have less some may have more. Approximately 1 million people get sick from being infected with it. This is not an uncommon illness. Many people are infected with this worldwide.

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Many peoples stool tends to be water when infected. Like i have stated in other slides every person is different and may not experience this. Having watery stool is a common appearance when infected though. Some peoples stool even tend s to be soft and greasy. Some people's may even float.