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Giardiasis from Michael K Davis, MD

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From: Michael K Davis, MD Category:  Infectious Disease

Added: Aug 20, 2009


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Michael Davis, MD, pediatrician, discusses giardiasis or giardia lamblia infection induced diarrhea in children. This diarrhea is contagious, and usually begins from a child that drinks water from a lake or creek that has dropping from an infected animal. In addition to profuse watery diarrhea, other symptoms include extremely stinky stools, excess gas, abdominal bloating, loss of apetite, weight loss, and dehydration.





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