WHAT IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS GIARDIASIS?
If you exhibit some of the symptoms of giardiasis, get your doctor to arrange for a full stool-specimen test. To ascertain whether you are infected with Giardia, it will be necessary to have the stool sample transported to a laboratory (typically one specialising in parasite testing) so that it can be analysed for the distinctive Giardia cysts found in formed stools, or the trophozoites cysts found in liquid stools. Additional examination of the duodenal contents may be necessary to establish correct diagnosis.
Be warned: it is not uncommon for laboratories to fail to detect giardiasis on the basis of one stool sample. Typically, three stool specimens from alternate days need to be examined under a microscope to ensure an accurate diagnosis. It is a salutary reminder that, even in the best labs, detection of the parasite occurs only 70 per cent of the time, despite the fact that the samples have been taken from patients known to have giardiasis.
DRUG TREATMENT
If the results of the diagnosis reveal Giardia, drug treatment is one alternative that has proved effective in eliminating the parasites. The traditional treatment drug for Giardia is oral quinacrine hydrochloride (Atabrine), which is claimed to remedy about 90 per cent of all Giardia lamblia infections. Metronidazole (Flagyl) and furazolidone (Furoxone) are employed as alternatives. There is little doubt, however, that even if these conventional drugs do serve to eliminate the parasites, the drugs themselves have been shown to cause a range of adverse reactions such as nausea and even psychiatric disturbances in some patients.
NATURAL CURES
It is possible, especially in those cases in which the infection is not extensive, to treat the disease by altering without drugs the amenability of the upper intestines to harbouring the parasite. Parasites of all kinds thrive on sugar. Reduce drastically your intake of refined sugars and sweets of all kinds, and you make survival difficult for larger populations of the parasite.
It is generally agreed among naturopaths that fresh pineapple, pawpaw and cranberries contain anti-parasitic enzymes which provide an important source of dietary assistance in the control of the disease. Other parasite-fighting foods include fresh garlic (several cloves a day) and pumpkin seeds (several handfuls eaten throughout the day).
Anti-parasite cooking makes use of sage, cloves, fennel and thyme, all of which are through to make life difficult for parasites. Herbal preparations that contain black walnut, artemesia annua, senna and grapefruit seed extract can also discourage parasites.
Remember that if you do have a Giardia infection, it will be necessary to embark on a program aimed at eradicating the parasites, rather than just relieving the symptoms of the infection. If the parasites are not eliminated they will continue to reproduce, and thus create further problems. Parasites, not unlike some of the drugs used to kill them, cause harm due partly to overrunning or eliminating the colonies of beneficial microflora in the intestine that aid in maintaining proper digestive activity and immune function. By trying first to stimulate the body’s own capacities to heal itself, you are less likely to disturb the delicate equilibrium which keeps it in good health once the symptoms of the disease have passed.
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