Warning Signs Of Giardiasis

Excessive Gas

Patients with giardiasis develop excessive gas in their intestines and will have many bouts of flatulence. Their belches will also taste sulfuric.

A patient should call their doctor if their symptoms last for over a week. They should also call the doctor if they start developing signs of dehydration like extreme thirst, dizziness, lack of saliva, or confusion. Patients should call their doctor if they are over fifty and have diarrhea accompanied by severe abdominal pain, or if they are over seventy and have loose stools. The patient should tell the doctor about any recent travels to foreign countries or interactions with small children, who are often carriers, as well as if they swam or drank from a lake or other body of water. The doctor will then take stool samples and check them for signs of parasites.

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