We are going to finish the discussion of some of the most common water bore illnesses. We have discussed Giardia and E. Coli. Sometimes known as beaver fever and travelers trots respectively. Today we are going to learn about the organism called Cryptosporidium which also causes a diarrheal illness called Cryptosporidiosis. This organism wasn’t discovered
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Last week we talked about the organism Giardia and the effect it can have on your digestive system… very Bad to say the least. Some of you have written to me asking if you do get it, how you can treat it. If you remember, up to half the population can be silent carriers of
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It is a beautiful day in the spring, and you are out hiking and gotten all hot, tired and thirsty. Suddenly you come upon a sparkling, clear and cold stream. It certainly looks clean, and the water is so nice and cold. So you take your water bottle out of your pack, fill it up,
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What made me think about it was a recent camping trip, a group of friends that like to ride motorcycles went down to Johnstown PA to go to a motorcycle rally called “Thunder in the Valley “. If you were there and were looking for the big tough, mean looking bikers. . . That wasn’t
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