Giardia Lamblia Center - Irvington, NJ
Irvington Gastroenterologist Doctors for Giardia LambliaType of Physician: Gastroenterologist What is a Gastroenterologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; practitioners focus on the stomach, intestines, colon, liver, and gallbladder (digestive organs). The gastroenterologist treats conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer, and jaundice and they consult with surgeons when abdominal operations are indicated. Specialty: Gastroenterology Common Name: GI Doctor Gastroenterologist Doctors in Irvington * Robert A Levinson MD  Ruby Sampson MD  Nina Coffin MD  Ramon A Fernandez-Ledon MD  Ramon A Fernandez-Ledon MD  Pradeep S Mahal MD  University Hospital Hepatology Department  Drs Gaymon & Rudd  Drs Gaymon & Rudd  Theodore DaCosta MD  Michael Goldfarb MD  Michael Rosen MD  University Hospital Digestive Diseases  UMDNJ Department of Medicine  University Hospital Digestive Diseases  John N Green MD  Rajender K Arora MD  Kogan Gastroenterologic Group  Advance Gastroenterology Center PC  Mahesh Desai MD  Center For Digestive Medicine  Advance Gastroenterology Center PC  Mehul N Shah MD  Murray Belsky MD  Robert I Greenblatt MD  Sandhya Shah MD & Rajan Shah MD  Drs Sundaram & Sundaram  Patrick G Tempera MD PC  Jennifer Brown DO  Jennifer Brown DO  Alfred W Helwig III MD  J Luis Delgado MD  Essex Gastro Associates PA  Essex Gastro Associates PA  Ricardo E Rodriguez MD  Robert Eagle MD  Jon D Green MD  Advanced Gastroenterology  Drs McCabe Ruffini & Stefaniwsky  Drs McCabe Ruffini & Stefaniwsky  Associates In Digestive Diseases PA  Associates In Digestive Diseases PA  Associates In Digestive Diseases PA  Associates In Digestive Diseases PA  Mohamad Ayub Bajwa MD  Arun Naik MD  Affiliates In Gastroenterology PA  Louis J Celebre MD  Fiore DeVito MD  Affiliates In Gastroenterology PA  Affiliates In Gastroenterology PA  Northeastern Gastroenterology Associates  Affiliates In Gastroenterology PA  Robert R Gialanella MD  Robert R Gialanella MD  Daniel Manzi MD  Renee J Cabaleiro MD  Essex Gastroenterology Associates  The Gastroenterology Group of New Jersey PA  Harry M Friedland MD  The Gastroenterology Group of New Jersey PA  The Gastroenterology Group of New Jersey PA  Montclair Gastroenterology Consultants  Essex Gastroenterology Associates  Dennis A Tobia MD  Gastroenterology Center PA  Charles S Goldberg MD  Vitaly A Fishbein MD  Bernard H Chaiken MD  Piotr Huskowski MD  Michael Kottas MD  Associates In Gastroenterology of Union County PA  Elias M Pascual MD  Jerome B Zeldis MD  Mark Waxman MD  Caldwell Medical Center  Westfield Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology  Saad Habba MD  Westfield Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology  Jay Zelinski DO  Westfield Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology  Medical Diagnostic Associates  Medical Diagnostic Associates  David Wexler MD  Decebal Constandis MD  John C Hahn MD  Hudson Digestive Health Center PA  Hudson Digestive Health Center PA  Masood A Rizvi MD  Anil Agarwal MD  New Jersey Physicians  R Swami Nathan MD  New Jersey Physician  John N Franzese MD  United Medical PC  New Jersey Physician  Joseph M Roth MD & Howard P Gliklich MD PA  Joseph M Roth MD & Howard P Gliklich MD PA  Joseph M Roth MD & Howard P Gliklich MD PA  William J Focazio MD Irvington, New JerseyUpcoming Local Events2012-05-29
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Giardia LambliaRead the Giardia Lamblia article » What is giardiasis?Giardiasis (gee-ar-die-a-sis with a soft "G") is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the parasite, Giardia intestinalis, also known as Giardia lamblia. It is the most common cause of parasitic gastrointestinal disease; it is estimated that up to 2.5 million cases of giardiasis occur each year in the U.S., and up to 20% of the world's population is chronically infected. Giardia lamblia exists in two forms, an active form called a trophozoite, and an inactive form called a cyst. The active trophozoite attaches to the lining of the small intestine with a "sucker" and is responsible for causing the signs and symptoms of giardiasis. The trophozoite cannot live long outside of the body, therefore it cannot spread the infection to others. The inactive cyst, on the other hand, can exist for prolonged periods outside the body. When it is ingested, stomach acid activates the cyst, and the cyst develops into the disease-causing trophozoite. It takes ingestion of only ten cysts to cause infection. Trophozoites are important not only because they cause the symptoms of giardiasis, but also because they produce the cysts that exit the body in the feces and spread the infection to others. Cysts of Giardia are present in the feces of infected persons. Thus, the infection is spread from person to person by contamination of food with feces, or by direct fecal-oral contamination. Cysts also survive in water, for example in fresh water lakes and streams. As a result, giardiasis is the most common cause of water-borne, parasitic illness in the U.S.. Domestic mammals (for example, dogs, cats, calves) and wild mammals (for example, beavers) can become infected with Giardia; however, it is not clear how often domestic or wild mammals transmit giardiasis to humans. Giardiasis also has occurred as outbreaks from recreational water sources such as swimming pools, water pa... Recommended Reading Related to Giardia LambliaDiarrhea facts
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