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What Is The Treatment For Giardiasis And Severe Stomach Pain?
Hi my son Josh had a parasite he possibly got in the Carribean 18 months ago, Giardiasis? he was treated with anti biotics and his symptoms cleared. he now has stomach pains, fresh mucus and blood occaisionally in his stools. the pains cleared up but we still went to our GP who got him to have bloods done. all came back ok except he has an ESR level of 18 and his stomach pains have returned??????
Hi. ESR of 18 has no diagnostic value so you can forget about it. The best way is to go for a stool test for 3 consecutive days and have a combination of Oflox and Tinidazole for 5 days as per your Doctor's prescription. Take probiotics along. Observe constantly about the progress. IF required go for colonoscopy and other relevant investigations if the problem remains recurrent.
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What Is The Treatment For Giardiasis And Severe Stomach Pain?
Hi. ESR of 18 has no diagnostic value so you can forget about it. The best way is to go for a stool test for 3 consecutive days and have a combination of Oflox and Tinidazole for 5 days as per your Doctor s prescription. Take probiotics along. Observe constantly about the progress. IF required go for colonoscopy and other relevant investigations if the problem remains recurrent.