GIARDIA LAMBLIA ENTERITIS

Course overview

GIARDIA LAMBLIA ENTERITIS IS SMALL-INTESTINE GASTROENTERITIS CAUSED BY THE PATHOGENIC PROTOZOAN GIARDIA LAMBLIA, (GIARDIA DUODENALIS OR GIARDIA INTESTINALIS) IS GASTROENTERITIS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE CAUSED BY THE PROTOZOAN GIARDIA LAMBLIA. WHILE SOME INFECTED INDIVIDUALS MAY REMAIN ASYMPTOMATIC, THE COMMON PRESENTATIONS OF SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS INCLUDE FOUL-SMELLING DIARRHEA, GREASY STOOLS, FLATULENCE, AND BLOATING. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF GIARDIA LAMBLIA ENTERITIS AND EXPLAINS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM MEMBERS IN MANAGING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.