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Doc i m suffering from a disease called giardiasis since last 4 years...i have used entamizole for this disease but that is temporary..cure?

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Dr. Arthur Heller answered

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Why recurring?: Issue might be why you get recurrences. Contaminated well water? Drink from streams when backpacking? Sexual activity (oral/anal)? Are you sure that it is giardiasis causing the problem? Immune disorder (iga deficiency, hiv)? See infectious disease doc if recurring or rx is not effective.

Dr Raff agreed

Answered 3/8/2015

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