| giardiasis |
parasitical illness
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| giardiasis |
A parasitic infection with Giardia lamblia. This is commonly seen in patients who have traveled to Moscow and the Rocky Mountain. It usually presents with right upper quadrant pain, diarrhea and weight loss. It is usually treated with flagyl (metronidazole). It may be recurrent.
Ãâó: www.gastromd.com/definitionsg.html
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| giant cell |
multinucleated large cells; found frequently in inflammation in late stages around foreign materials as Langhans' giant cell
Ãâó: www.southalabama.edu/alliedhealth/cls/Ravine/gloss...
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| giardiasis |
A disease spread by water contaminated with animal or human waste containing a harmful protozoan. Symptoms include diarrhea, cramps, and weight loss. Long known as a widespread disease in humans, there is now concern that tourists and other people have unintentionally spread the disease to gorillas in Africa.
Ãâó: www.ecohealth101.org/glossary.html
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| giant cell arteritis |
A vasculitic disorder which presents with head pain and scalp tenderness and a high ESR. Sudden loss of vision may occur due to retinal artery occlusion. Part of the polymyalgia rheumatica disease spectrum. Also known as cranial or temporal arteritis.
Ãâó: www.ilar.org/Glossary/Glossary_g.htm
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