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Our Patient:
• Anthropologist• Just returned from
New Mexico• Diarrhea• Abdominal Pain• Fever• Protozoal Cysts• Motile Trophozites
Questions We Would Ask:
• How long has he been experiencing diarrhea?• Are his stools bloody?• Does he have any other symptoms?• Was it possible he drank contaminated water? • Where his living conditions in New Mexico
sanitary? • Has he been around others with similar
symptoms? • Is he taking medications?
The Suspects:
• Giardia lamblia
• Dientamoeba fragilis
• Salmonella
• Cryptosporidium parvum
• Blastocystis hominis
Preventing Re-infection:
• Boil all drinking water for at least 1 minute, then refrigerate when available
• Use a filtering system
Giardia Plush Doll: $6.95
• If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a big surprise -- if you drink contaminated water.