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Could The Bloating, Abdominal Pain And Weight Loss In Arms And Legs Indicate The Symptoms Of Giardia?

I feel into a river while trapping beaver and got the water in my mouth and now think I have gotten Giardia, "beaver fever" my symptoms are weak shaky watery diarrhea no blood, gas (EXTREMELY bad odor), extreme bloating, abdominal pain like I swallowed a ball, weight loss in arms and legs but gain in abdomen keeping my weight the same dizziness and fatigue and and crave salt (I am assuming depletion of my salts) so I want to know am I on the right track in my thinking?
Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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Hi! Good evening. I am Dr Shareef answering your query.

The abdominal symptoms described by you could possibly due to giardiasis, and/or amebiasis. However the selective weight loss in arms and legs or the dizziness might not be related to the abdominal symptoms. Some people do complain of dizziness associated with gaseous distension.

If I were your doctor, I would send your stool for routine test for ova and cyst, advise you for a course of anti amebic drugs along with a proton pump inhibitor and a pro biotic which might possibly relieve you of your symptoms. Also you have to avoid eating outside specially fast and fried food.Go for lot of roughage in your diet with plenty of liquids.


I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts.
Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. Wishing you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.



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Could The Bloating, Abdominal Pain And Weight Loss In Arms And Legs Indicate The Symptoms Of Giardia?

Hi! Good evening. I am Dr Shareef answering your query. The abdominal symptoms described by you could possibly due to giardiasis, and/or amebiasis. However the selective weight loss in arms and legs or the dizziness might not be related to the abdominal symptoms. Some people do complain of dizziness associated with gaseous distension. If I were your doctor, I would send your stool for routine test for ova and cyst, advise you for a course of anti amebic drugs along with a proton pump inhibitor and a pro biotic which might possibly relieve you of your symptoms. Also you have to avoid eating outside specially fast and fried food.Go for lot of roughage in your diet with plenty of liquids. I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts. Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. Wishing you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.