Giardia Lamblia Center - Montgomery Village, MD
Montgomery Village 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 Montgomery Village * Capital Gastroenterology Consultants PA  Capital Gastroenterology Consultants PA  Capital Gastroenterology Consultants PA  Capital Gastroenterology Consultants PA  Capital Gastroenterology Consultants PA  Boo K Kim MD  T Ann Tonnu MD  Neil L Julie MD  Jatinder Sekhon MD  Digestive Disease Consultants PA  Capital Gastroenterology Consultants PA  Digestive Disease Consultants PA  Capital Gastroenterology Consultants PA  Drs Stern & Gantt  Capital Gastroenterology Consultants PA  Digestive Disease Consultants PA  Digestive Disease Consultants PA  Digestive Disease Consultants PA  Capital Gastroenterology Consultants PA  Digestive Disease Consultants PA  Drs Stern & Gantt  Birns Gloger & Witten MD PC  Birns Gloger & Witten MD PC  Arthur Schoengold MD  Birns Gloger & Witten MD PC  Ghanshyam Gupta MD  Rockville Internal Medical Group  S Grace Woo MD LLC  Capital Gastroenterology Consultants PA  MONTROSE PEDIATRIC GI  Montgomery Internal Medicine Associates PA  Marc Kozam MD  Sanford Richman MD  Digestive Disease Clinic  Gary M Roggin MD  Montgomery Gastroenterology  Montgomery Gastroenterology  Montgomery Gastroenterology  Ajay Bakshi MD  T Jake Liang MD  Digestive Disease Branch  Steven A Burger MD  V P Chandar MD PA  Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group  Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group  Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group  Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group  Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group  Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group  Washington Gastroenterology  Robynne K Chutkan MD  Washington Gastroenterology  Washington Gastroenterology  Washington Gastroenterology  Washington Gastroenterology  Capital Gastroenterology Consultants PA  Bernard A Heckman MD  Maryland Digestive Disease Center  Maryland Digestive Disease Center  Maryland Digestive Disease Center  Maryland Digestive Disease Center  Maryland Digestive Disease Center  Kempanna Sudhakar MD  Digestive Disease Associates  Digestive Disease Associates  Megan Willard MD  Frederick Gastroenterology Assoc  Frederick Gastroenterology Assoc  Frederick Gastroenterology Assoc  Frederick Gastroenterology Assoc  Frederick Gastroenterology Assoc  Digestive Disease Associates  Digestive Disease Associates  Digestive Disease Associates  Digestive Disease Consultant  William O Miller MD  Digestive Disease Associates  Digestive Disease Associates  Wondwosen Abdi MD  Maryland Digestive Disease Center  Maryland Digestive Disease Center  Gastroenterology Specialists  David W Kossoff MD PA  Gastroenterology Specialists  Cohen & Epstein MDs  Cohen & Epstein MDs  Woodholme Gastroenterology Associates PA  Vincent Sutliff MD  Northwest Gastroenterology Associates  Ghulam Mohiuddin MD  Ghulam Mohiuddin MD  Gastro Center of Maryland  Asghar Shaigany MD  James S Chesley Jr. MD  A O Moshyedi MD  A O Moshyedi MD  Mushtaq A Shah MD  Maximo Singer MD  Digestive Disease Associates  Khurram Hanif MD Montgomery Village, MarylandUpcoming Local Events2012-05-27
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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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