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Giardia Diarrhea and IBS

By Shawn, on October 15th, 2011

Find out how the giardia parasite might cause you permanent damage!

Giardia diarrhea is caused by a parasite called giardia intestinalis, or giardia lamblia.

Recent studies show that people who get a giardia infection can later develop chronic bowel symptoms, such as diarrhea, constipation, cramps, etc.  Sound familiar?

I wrote on another page about how certain kinds . . . Read more → Giardia Diarrhea and IBS

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Post-Infectious IBS

By Shawn, on September 28th, 2011

First you get sick, then you get IBS…

Many researchers have studied post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome as one of the main ways of getting IBS.

The theory is that having an intense infection causing diarrhea, can damage the bowel or the nerves of the bowel.

One trouble is that it’s hard to remember if you . . . Read more → Post-Infectious IBS

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