Numerous reports indicate that travelers to Leningrad in the 70s and 80s and St. Petersburg in the early 90s became infected with giardia in the water supply. I've searched everywhere online (in Russian, too!) and I can't figure out what the presence of giardia in the water supply meant to those who lived in Leningrad/SPb. Did all people just somehow become used to the parasite? Can we all somehow become used to the parasite such that it ceases to cause intestinal problems to humans?
Okay, so I know it would suck big time, but I really don't think I have much of an alternative.
Both of my cats were diagnosed with a Giardia lamblia infection, which means I have to clean everywhere they go with a special product every single day, for 28 days, plus some other very annoying stuff like cleaning out the entire content of their litterboxes every time they poop.
Usually "everywhere they go" means "the entire house". I literally do not have the time to clean my entire house every single day for 28 days.
So, I figured I would put them in my spare bedroom and have them live there for this month. Cleaning a single room is considerably less time consuming than cleaning the entire house, and something I could actually manage.
Problem is, they'd be stuck in a room for 28 days.
I honestly don't know what to do.
I obviously don't want to lock away my cats, but what other option there is?
EDIT: A couple of other options I thought of:
1 - Keep them in the balcony. It has a net so they can't fall to their deaths, plus they quite like to stay there as a general rule. It's Cat TV with all the birds and movement happening on the street. The downside is that they'd be able to see me through the glass door and vice versa, which would make this much more difficult from an emotional perspective.
2 - De-catify my house. This one is weird, but I think that if I moved nearly all my furniture (which isn't that much) to the spare bedroom, they could stay in the living room/kitchen/balcony area. I'd only have to clean the floor, which is also much easier than cleaning the floor + every furniture they like to climb on + the couch (which is the biggest time consumer)
Do any of these sound better than the original idea?
AKA The Worm Pill
How about The Devilβs Kiss
Whatβs up with the freak show movies like βThe Human Centipede?β Itβs as if they cannot help promoting such things that easily would spread certain parasites.
ββ¦.one of the world's most common parasites. Infection usually occurs by eating undercooked contaminated meat, exposure from infected cat fecesβ
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βIt was observed that garlic and ivermectin were 91.24 % and 78.03 % effective against A. tetraptera in naturally infected mice, respectively. Results obtained from this study were compared statistically and differences were found to be significant (p<0.001). It was found that garlic was efficient along the duration of the treatment in mice. Garlic may be useful as an alternative treatment against nematode parasites in animals and human.β
Garlic?! Say, doesnβt that always appear as a way to keep away vampires? And are vampires if not anything more than sentient parasites? Hmmmmβ¦.
Everyday and exotic foodborne parasites
βEveryday foodborne parasites, which are endemic in Canada, include the protozoans Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum. However, these parasites are most frequently acquired through unfiltered drinking water, homosexual activity or close personal contact such as in daycare centres and occasionally via a food vehicle.β
Meet the Parasites That Control Human Brains
The macabre world of mind-controlling parasites
The hydra can live forever? Can keep dividing and repairing itself as long as it has a host and nutrients β¦
Top photo of sample found in βvaccineβ
So every animal has a periodic deworming cycle β¦ except for humans.
And Ivermectin is known to be a cure and prophylactic for parasites (and Covid) yet was ruthlessly suppressed by the media and government β¦ perhaps because they could not allow its wide-spread use as too many people would throw off their parasitical infections?
Even right now those that manage to wrangle a script for ivermectin are denied at the pharmacy - theyβre not allowed to fill it. How
... keep reading on reddit β‘So i've been suffering with bloating and abdominal pain for more than 7 years!
I've been seeking advice from every doctor you can imagine, had gastroscopy, coloscopy, abdominal MRI, intestinal flora examination and all the other current explorations.
Diagnosis: IBS!
Finally, one brilliant doctor had the idea to check my stool for parasites (why not earlier?) and found giardia lamlia which caused Lamblia intestinalis.
After one week of 500mg Metronidazol 3 times a day for 1 week, my suffering had an ending.
Feels so good to be free of complaints.
I just wanted to share this with you. Maybe it helps.
Hello,
I am completely confused with everything that is going on with my vet and my dog last few months, so I want to share my story to see if anyone else had any similar experience or can give us some advice.
My 5 year old pug, started vomiting and had diarrhea for few days in early April. We took him to vet and they didn't find anything odd, but he was diagnosed with Giardia lamblia which they told us is quite often diagnosis in dogs with stomach problems . He was given some medications and prescribed a low fat diet and were told to come again in 10 days to check him. After 10 days he was completely fine, he didn't vomit any more and diarrhea was gone.
We were really happy and we literally went to vet quite sure that they will tell us that everything is all right. They looked him at ultrasound and found some small mass on small intestine. They immediately told is that it might be a tumor or cancer and we need to come again in 4 days to see if it is spreading.
After 4 days, they found out that mass on 3 different places on stomach. Than vet performed biopsy with fine needle and took sample of his blood at places where tumor was found. After 30 minutes the vet shocked us when he told us it is lymphoma and that my dog probably have 4-6 weeks left. We were hearth broken.
The only available treatment where we live is unfortunately prednisone, but we are being told that it cant do miracles and it will only make a dog feel a little bit better.
After 1 month on prednisone alone, the mass on stomach was 90% gone and up to this day (6 months later, its still small mass 15mm x 6mm) my dog is completely fine, feeling like he is a puppy again.
We reduced the dose from 1 pill a day to half about 2 months ago. My pug is completely happy, didn't vomit once since we started with the treatment or had diarrhea. He only have small side effects from prednisone as he drinks more water and urinate more.
Even the vet is confused, but he still insists that we keep giving the dog prednisone and even increase the dose to 3/4th of the pill.
He also told us that he never saw a dog survive more than 4 months on prednisone during his 20 years experience as vet.
Should we start questioning the diagnose? Should we keep giving our dog prednisone, and risk long term negative effects from it?
He says the only way to be 100% sure is to open our dog, which can be quite a high risk alone and is not worth taking.
Any advice is welcome, thanks in advance dog lovers!
Hi all, I am suffering from IBSC for 20 yrs now. After going through all the standard tests (which came out negative) I am decided to go deeper and order detailed tests. I live in Czech republic and I found a clinic in Plzen who can perform these tests below, which are the ones I want to take. The price seems quite high to me so I am wondering if any of you can recommend a clinic in Europe where those tests are taken for a cheaper price.
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Fungal lab tests from stool: Intestinal candidiasis (PCR): 5200 KΔ / 200 Euro (Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida krusei, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, The white Portuguese, Candida dubliniensis )
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Fungal lab oral tests: BACTOdent Plus: 3850 CZK / 150 Euro (Identification of 11 periodontopathogenic marker bacteria: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Fusobacterium sp., Campylobacter rectus, Capnocytophaga gingivalis, Eikenella corrodens, Eubacterium nodatum, Parvimonas micra, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, Tannerella forsythia, Treponema denticola)
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Pathogens PCR tests from stool:
a. FlorInScan by qPCR: 7800 KΔ / 300 Euro Quantitative analysis of 20 intestinal anaerobic bacteria incl. an index of dysbiosis
b. Viral gastroenteritis (PCR) : 3600 KΔ / 140 Euro Adenovirus, Astrovirus, Norovirus G1 & G2, Rotavirus
c. Bacterial gastroenteritis (PCR): 3600 KΔ / 140 Euro Campylobacter coli/jejuni/lari, Clostridium difficile, EHEC, Salmonella spp, Shigella spp, Yersinia enterocolitica
d. Intestinal parasites (PCR): 3600 KΔ / 140 Euro Cryptosporidium spp., Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia
Thanks in advance
Got a rescue puppy at 3-4 months, now he's a bit over 5 months. The temp house was neglecting their job and when I got him it turned out he had tons of giardia lamblia which we were fighting with for over a month to get rid of (vet visits, meds, not only cleaning but also thoroughly dissinfecting the floor, not being able to greet anyone, having to clean and disinfect his asshole every time). So he had constant diarrhea since who knows how long before I got him which resulted in full anal glands and a lot of discomfort. He has that weird switch that sometimes turns on randomly during walks (be it a minute after getting out or half an hour), there are no triggers to it. Suddenly goes into tail chasing and attacking mode barking with all his might. Literally goes ape shit crazy, if anything gets close while he spins the jaws close on it because he's in some strange rage. Redirecting doesn't work, ball squeak that is able to get his full attention instantly from the other end of the long dog park does nothing from point blank, he is gluttonous and food motivated, but in this mode ignores even cooked meat. I can't just pick him up and go back, because he starts to toss and bite around like crazy so I'd drop him. He only calms down after we get back and I feed him, but I have to wait until he chills a bit because otherwise he would just gulp it down which is dangerous. After 2 months of going out of my way to make walks interesting and short when I feel he might flip the switch (which is hard as in my neighborhood old fuckers litter with their old stale moldy bread chunks and chicken bones shards so we always have to walk a bit to get to some cleaner areas) he now does this at most once a day instead of every time, but now he's not 7kg, but 19 and a lot louder so it's so damn annoying and embarrassing. Not to mention that it takes a lot of time to get back trying not to pull him, breaking his attempts to bite into his tail and sometimes waiting when he lays down exhausted, but still trying to continue whenever he recovers a bit of strength. A distance it normally takes like 5-10 minutes to cover turns into half an hour to an hour. I have to work till late because of wasted time and sometimes can't get to park or closeby riverbank to let him run around on 8m leash, play fetch, train recall and stuff and have to then spend a time playing fetch and stuff in my small apartment, because he needs his exercise. I really want to be a good dog parent, but it's hard to n
... keep reading on reddit β‘Hello!
I will be sitting my orals next week for CIPHI. I have done very well in mock BOCs provided by my old health unit. Currently working in another one. I am also experiencing some massive burnout due to countless hours of OT and I'm worried Ill be foggy during the exam. I'm already forgetting items, and its been some time since I have been out in the field as my role has been outbreak management for COVID-19.
Any advice about how I can sharpen up in a weeks time? I have been going over cheat sheets Ive made for my previous courses I did at Ryerson and got some cue cards for diseases. I have a abundance of past tests. I know there's really a handful of scenarios they can ask, should I just work on the past tests? Thanks in advance!
Some of the viruses inactivated by monolaurin include measles, Herpes simplex-1, vesicular stomatitis, visna virus, and cytomegalovirus. In addition, a number of fungi, yeasts, and protozoa are reported to be inactivated or killed by monolaurin, including several species of ringworm. Candida albicans and the protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia were both reported to be killed by monolaurin."
β’ Lieberman S, Enig MG, Preuss HG. A Review of Monolaurin and Lauric Acid Natural Virucidal and Bactericidal Agents. Alternative & Complimentary Therapies, December 2006. 12(6): 310-314.
β’ http://www.touroinstitute.com/natural%20bactericidal.pdf
Lipids can inactivate enveloped viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa...Medium chain length antiviral lipids can be added to human blood products that contain ___ and reduce the cell-free virus concentration by as much as 11 log10 TCID50/ml. The presence of lipids does not interfere with most clinical assays performed on human blood samples. Antimicrobial lipids can disrupt cell membranes and therefore lyse leukocytes which potentially carry virus."
β’ Isaacs CE, Kim KS, Thormar H. Inactivation of enveloped viruses in human bodily fluids by purified lipids. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1994 Jun 6;724:457-64.
β’ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8030973
Unsaturated monoglycerides and alcohols of chain lengths of 16 or 18 carbons were found to be extremely potent inactivators of two enveloped viruses, herpes simplex virus type 2 and bacteriophage phi6 "
β’ Sands J, Auperin D, Snipes W. Extreme sensitivity of enveloped viruses, including Herpes Simplex, to long chain unsaturated monoglycerides and alcohols. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 15; 1:67-73, 1979.
β’ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/218499
Glycerol monolaurate (GML) has been proposed as a microbicide component to enhance efficacy by blocking these transmission-facilitating innate immune response to vaginal exposure. We show here in an especially rigorous test of protection in the SIV-rhesus macaque model of HIV-1 transmission to women, that GML used daily and before vaginal challenge protects against repeat high doses of SIV by criteria that include virological and immunological assays to detect occult infection. We also provide evidence for indirect mechanisms of action in GML-mediated protection."
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... keep reading on reddit β‘Do your worst!
It really does, I swear!
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Buenosdillas
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Numerous reports indicate that travelers to Leningrad in the 70s and 80s and St. Petersburg in the early 90s became infected with giardia in the water supply. I've searched everywhere online (in Russian, too!) and I can't figure out what the presence of giardia in the water supply meant to those who lived in Leningrad/SPb. Did all people just somehow become used to the parasite? Can we all somehow become used to the parasite such that it ceases to cause intestinal problems to humans?
