What is giardiasis?
Giardiasis is a diarrheal illness caused by a microscopic parasite, Giardia intestinalis (also known as Giardia lamblia or Giardia duodenalis). Once an animal or person is infected with Giardia,
the parasite lives in the intestine and is passed in feces. Because
the parasite is protected by an outer shell, it can survive outside the
body and in the environment for long periods of time (i.e., months).
I grew up not knowing and drank all the time from free running streams. Later I found out... from watching freinds puke... oh well.
Today I am allergic to Iodine both cat scan and little neck clams... and melon... During a trip with scouts they cleared a large quantity of water with iodine pills - I felt sick for three days. It took a day or two to figure out why... so I asked how they were purifying water... I grabbed a super filter and filtered the rest of the trip ... wow... won't let that happen again... so now I have Micropur Katadyn Sodium Cloride pills in the pack...
Giardiasis is a diarrheal illness caused by a microscopic parasite, Giardia intestinalis (also known as Giardia lamblia or Giardia duodenalis). Once an animal or person is infected with Giardia,
the parasite lives in the intestine and is passed in feces. Because
the parasite is protected by an outer shell, it can survive outside the
body and in the environment for long periods of time (i.e., months).
I grew up not knowing and drank all the time from free running streams. Later I found out... from watching freinds puke... oh well.
Today I am allergic to Iodine both cat scan and little neck clams... and melon... During a trip with scouts they cleared a large quantity of water with iodine pills - I felt sick for three days. It took a day or two to figure out why... so I asked how they were purifying water... I grabbed a super filter and filtered the rest of the trip ... wow... won't let that happen again... so now I have Micropur Katadyn Sodium Cloride pills in the pack...
Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!