Giardiasis

Clinic

• Giardiasis is a most common parasitic infection in humans caused by Giardia lamblia.
• A person contracts the infection from taking food and water contaminated with the infected excreta of human or animals. Close contact with person with giardia infection can also lead to transmission of the infection.
• Giardiasis is an intestinal infection. The symptoms include diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, bloating, gas, belching, anorexia, weight loss and weakness.

Remedies

Diarrhea	Chin	Loose stool + Undigested food particles Diarrhea agg after eating. Weakness follows diarrhea+ Abdominal bloating, flatulent + Colic
	Ars	Stool is watery + Highly offensive. The urge for stool appears after drinking or eating anything. Marked Prostrations Burning in the abdomen (Maybe) Nausea/ Vomiting
Abdominal cramps	Cina	Cramping, cutting, colicky pain in the abdomen. Twisting, pressing pain around the navel.
	Coloc	Cramping in the abdomen, amel by putting hard pressure on the abdomen or by bending double. The cramps agg after eating or drinking.
Excessive gas and bloated abdomen	Lyc	Excessive gas, mainly in the lower abdomen. Bloatedness agg by eating a little food
	Chin	Gas in the entire abdomen and marked bloating. Bloatedness reduces a little with movement and leads to abdominal colic.
Belching	Nat-p	Belching of sour taste.
	Carb-v	Rancid, bad and putrid tasting eructations. The eructations get worse with eating and drinking
Weakness, weight loss	Chin	Excessive weakness is present from recurrent bouts of diarrhoea resulting from giardia infection. Prostration is also marked in such cases. The person may experience fainting spells.
	Nat-m	Natrum Mur offers the best help among Homeopathic medicines for giardiasis in case of emaciation and prominent weight loss.