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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Giardiasis
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Demographics, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Acute infection, Chronic infection, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment, Medications, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Prevention, References,
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Topics Discussed: giardiasis.
Excerpt: | |  May resolve spontaneously but is commonly followed by chronic diarrhea
May begin gradually or suddenly May last days or weeks and is usually self-limited but cyst excretion may be prolonged Cysts may not be detected in the stool at the onset of the illness The initial illness may include profuse watery diarrhea Hospitalization may be required due to dehydration, particularly in young children |
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