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Sign in to saveAlso known as Infection by Giardia lamblia, beaver feaver, Giardia infection, Lambliases, Giardia, Giardiases, infections, Giardia, Lambliasis
Giardiasis is a parasitic disease caused by the protist enteropathogen Giardia duodenalis (also known as G. lamblia and G. intestinalis), especially common in children and travelers. Infected individuals experience steatorrhea, a type of diarrhea with fatty sticky stool; abdominal pain, weight loss, and weakness due to dehydration and malabsorption. Less common symptoms include skin rash, hives and joint swelling. Symptoms usually begin one to three weeks after exposure and, without treatment, may last two to six weeks or longer. Some infected individuals experience mild or no symptoms and rem
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Giardiasis
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Beaver fever, giardia
- Medical condition (new).image
- Giardia lamblia SEM 8698 lores.jpg
- Medical condition (new).image_size
- 300px
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Giardia cell viewed with scanning electron microscope
- Medical condition (new).field
- Infectious disease, gastroenterology
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Diarrhoea, abdominal pain, weight loss, nausea
- Medical condition (new).onset
- 1 to 3 weeks after exposure
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Giardia duodenalis spread mainly through contaminated food or water
- Medical condition (new).risks
- Hypogammaglobulinemia
- Medical condition (new).diagnosis
- Stool testing
- Medical condition (new).differential
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Medical condition (new).prevention
- Improved sanitation
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Antiprotozoal medications
- Medical condition (new).medication
- Tinidazole, metronidazole
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- Up to 7% (developed world), up to 30% (developing world)
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Research
7,077 papers- An up-date on Giardia and giardiasis.Current opinion in microbiology · 2016
- Giardiasis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2016
- Giardiasis.Gastroenterology clinics of North America · 1996
- Giardiasis.Gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2003
- Giardiasis.JAMA · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Named after
- Alfred Mathieu Giard
- Image
- Giardiasis intestine 400x.jpg
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- symptoms and signs
- vomiting
- health specialty
- gastroenterology
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- ornidazole
- Commons category
- Giardiasis
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:10718
- ICD-9-CM
- 007.1
- has cause
- Giardia lamblia
- disease transmission process
- fecal–oral route
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- has natural reservoir
- human
- medical examination
- immunofluorescence microscopy
- described by source
- National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan
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