| Have you ever been out camping or hiking? Yes you | | | | occurs. A common problem with the condition is that |
| have, you look like the hiking and camping type. Well | | | | generally, symptoms can go away, and then |
| in your experiences out in the wilderness you mave | | | | reappear in a cycle. This makes it difficult to |
| have had a time where you drank water from a | | | | determine whether or not you are still |
| stream or a pump. how did you feel later on? You | | | | contagious.However, only about a third of the |
| may have come down with "beaver | | | | infected will show symptoms, thus making spread |
| fever"...Commonly called beaver fever, "Giardiasis", is | | | | easier. The body is able to defeat the infection on its |
| a disease contracted from contaminated food or | | | | own, but antibiodics can always help. |
| water, generally in the wilderness or 3rd world | | | | Antibiodics for adults: metronidazole, albenzazole and |
| countries, or a daycare, as it can be passed on by | | | | quinacrine. |
| personal contact. Giardiasis infects somewhere in the | | | | Antibiodics for children: Furazolidone and |
| vicinity of 200 million people worldwide, and is | | | | nitazoxanide.Feel free to reprint this article as long as |
| transferable between animals and humans.If you do | | | | you keep the article, this caption and author |
| come down with giardiasis, these are some of the | | | | biography in tact with all hyperlinks.Tyler Brooker is |
| symptoms that you may have to endure:- Diarrhea- | | | | the owner and operator of Giardiasis Help - which is |
| Stomach cramps- Loss of appetite- Lethargy- Upset | | | | the best site on the internet for all giardiasis related |
| Stomach- Bloating- FlatulenceThese symptoms | | | | information. |
| generally start a fortnight (2 weeks) after infection | | | | |