It is believed that Giardia is the prime suspect in such diseases as diathesis, allergies, recurrent abdominal pain and shortage of weight gain in children. So whether it is in fact and whether or giardiasis is a threat to the human body?
Giardiasis is considered to be "Disease of dirty hands"and that is why the main group of risk of the disease - the children, but on the basis of studies it is known that 20% of the adult population of the planet are infected with giardia.
Giardiasis - a disease caused by single-celled organisms - giardia that live in the small intestine and dividing into 2 groups:
Live and active GiardiaWith tentacles flagella with which they attach themselves to the intestinal wall
Giardia cysts - fixed and inactive.
Infected with Giardia is very easy and it is enough not to wash their hands after transport or walking on the street. There are three ways of Giardia infection:
Contact-household. Infection occurs through everyday objects contaminated with Giardia cysts: toys, bedding, kitchen utensils.
Water.Infection with Giardia occurs when using poorly purified drinking water or bathing in contaminated waters.
Food.Infection occurs when human consumption of food infected with Giardia cysts that are killed only by heat treatment.
Thus, Giardia can easily penetrate into the body through the mouth and "settle" in his small intestine. It is interesting that in the large intestine alive and active Giardia do not survive, because to them there is no suitable habitat.
Despite the fact that a core group of people infected with Giardia - children aged one to four years, they carry the disease much easier than others.
Giardia is quite difficult to detect and there is almost always a chance - at the time of the planned analysis of feces. However, there are a number of signs, which can also indicate the presence of Giardia in the small intestine of the child:
- frequent pain around the navel;
- bloating;
- manifestations of flatulence;
- frequent nausea;
- recurrent bouts of vomiting;
- violation of normalizing stool - diarrhea alternating with constipation;
- atopic dermatitis;
- shortage in weight;
- chronic fatigue;
- frequent headaches;
- tearfulness and irritability.
These symptoms can cause a variety of diseases, therefore, to really make sure the presence or absence of Giardia in humans, it is necessary to conduct laboratory studies of stool baby.
In fact, with giardiasis mankind has faced several centuries ago, but to this day there are myths associated with the disease:
It is believed that Giardia is extremely dangerous for the human body, but many well-known pediatricians claim that the name of the disease, in fact, more frightening than the disease itself.
Some doctors say that Giardia may reside in the liver and gall bladder, thus becoming a cause, such as cirrhosis. In fact, it is a myth, as giardia can not survive anywhere except the small intestine.
Some professionals may promise to find any parasites including Giardia, using ultrasound or computer diagnostics. In fact, using this technique, it can be done.
Whether to treat giardiasis and if so, what methods exist for this? In fact, upon detection of giardiasis in a child is not always necessary to treat. Often, in a healthy child's immune system "stands" to protect the body, mobilizing all their forces, and creates for Giardia are the conditions under which they were killed.
However, this does not mean that giardiasis is not worth a treat. In some severe cases, when the child has diarrhea lasts more than 10 days, there is a marked weight loss, and even all accompanied by atopic dermatitis, the doctor makes the appointment of a specific pattern, based on a specially designed medicines.
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