Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 32 Location: High Ridge, MO, USA
hard time diagnosing Giardia Posted: 02-25-08 17:51pm
I've been sick with an undiagnosed
condition with symptoms similar to Giardia
for quite some time now. (If you'd like
more information about my symptoms, check
out some of my old posts where I've
described them in detail.) I've had
several stool cultures done but they have
all come back negative. I was wondering
if anyone who had Giardia may have had a
hard time getting diagnosed or treated or
if that is something easily found in
stool.
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illustriously fickle
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Posted: 03-06-08 17:06pm
I've had Giardia twice. In addition to
painful cramping, I also felt a very
distinct burning. Both symptoms came on
while vomitting , so I literally had it
coming out of both ends (sorry to be so
graphic). Both times I was living in
Africa so I'm not sure if the Giardia
strains there are more damaging to the
system. Why do you suspect this particular
parasite?
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poisonangel168
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 32 Location: High Ridge, MO, USA
Posted: 03-06-08 18:07pm
I suspect Giardia because I have been
suffering from very strange episodes with
symptoms similar to that of Giardia.
Mainly I am talking about nausea,
vomiting, diahreah, abdominal pain, acid
reflux-type burning, and, most notably,
horrible smelling burps that smell worse
than anything I have ever smelled. They
smell so bad that they make me and others
gag.
