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Giardia? Pffft! Wadda bunch of weenies…….  Three years in West Africa Yo, sometimes obliged to drink muddy stream water straight. Flagyl? A nasty stuff, and you ain’t supposed to drink while on it, a deal breaker for many. Depending on your African village you’ll only get it back the following week anyhoo… What happens is you and your giardia reach an understanding: If the yellow bubbly diarrhea only happens occasionally, you will take those little guys drinking with you on weekends and not nuke em with flagyl. Whatever happens, a handful of Paregoric (powdered clay mixed with opium) is your friend. On the scale of seriousness, Giardia is about like the common cold. Hepatitis C and Schistosomiasis? Now you’re talking serious.
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If it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger. Read that somewhere.....  Nah, if it doesn't kill you, it just hurts so bad you wish it had killed you.
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Have drank an awful lot of beaver infested water. Don't think I've ever had it! If I did it was pretty mild. Don't know why I haven't had it!
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Me too- but there is a range of "getting it". I suspect I've had it more than once. Mild case may only last a day or two of sheets and stomach upset. The person doesn't even realize they have had giardia.
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4-5 drops of iodine/qt, then wait an hr. before drinking will prevent water-borne illness.
I hope u heal up quick, but I'm afraid you'll need a prescription.
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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4-5 drops of iodine/qt, then wait an hr. before drinking will prevent water-borne illness.
I hope u heal up quick, but I'm afraid you'll need a prescription. I2 and bleach do almost nothing to encysted organisms like giardia and cryptosporidium.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Go to FEMA's website for water treatment advice. FEMA LinkDisinfection with chlorine dioxide
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Go to FEMA's website for water treatment advice. FEMA LinkDisinfection with chlorine dioxide Good chart there: ht tps://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/pdf/drinking/Backcountry_Water_Treatment-508.pdf It’s a .pdf link. Don’t know why it shows up as a video. Remove the space in the https part of the link; C&P.
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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4-5 drops of iodine/qt, then wait an hr. before drinking will prevent water-borne illness.
I hope u heal up quick, but I'm afraid you'll need a prescription. I2 and bleach do almost nothing to encysted organisms like giardia and cryptosporidium. I did not know that. Thanks.
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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4-5 drops of iodine/qt, then wait an hr. before drinking will prevent water-borne illness.
I hope u heal up quick, but I'm afraid you'll need a prescription. I2 and bleach do almost nothing to encysted organisms like giardia and cryptosporidium. Maybe feed them a little whiskey first to trick them into thinking they're already in friendly "territory" and then, Shazam them with Clorox
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4-5 drops of iodine/qt, then wait an hr. before drinking will prevent water-borne illness.
I hope u heal up quick, but I'm afraid you'll need a prescription. I2 and bleach do almost nothing to encysted organisms like giardia and cryptosporidium. Maybe feed them a little whiskey first to trick them into thinking they're already in friendly "territory" and then, Shazam them with Clorox LOL. What a great idea!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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If you've got whiskey, the only thing you need water for is coffee (which gets boiled) and washing dishes. I'd hate to be treating bacteria with my precious whiskey.
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4-5 drops of iodine/qt, then wait an hr. before drinking will prevent water-borne illness.
I hope u heal up quick, but I'm afraid you'll need a prescription. I2 and bleach do almost nothing to encysted organisms like giardia and cryptosporidium. Maybe feed them a little whiskey first to trick them into thinking they're already in friendly "territory" and then, Shazam them with Clorox A new drink, the “Alaskan”, whiskey with a Clorox chaser.
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4-5 drops of iodine/qt, then wait an hr. before drinking will prevent water-borne illness.
I hope u heal up quick, but I'm afraid you'll need a prescription. I2 and bleach do almost nothing to encysted organisms like giardia and cryptosporidium. Maybe feed them a little whiskey first to trick them into thinking they're already in friendly "territory" and then, Shazam them with Clorox A new drink, the “Alaskan”, whiskey with a Clorox chaser. Well played!
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First don't get it, lol. I filter water and then put iodine tablets into it before drinking it. Second, Flagyl is the answer. I've had giardi (cause I was stupid, didn't drink the crystal clear lake water but dipped my toothbrush into it) and amoebic dysentery (MidEast). In both cases flagyl did the trick.
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Well there ya go - don't brush your teeth in the field.
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Regards,
Chuck
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Ahhhhhh, so you need to Flagyl-ate the Giardia to get rid of it
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