Friday, October 20, 2006

Giardia Lamblia

What is this? I don't know.

I went to that hospital at 9:00AM on Friday morning. I think every
hospital should have regular clinics at this time.

A female doctor in the Bangkok Christian Hospital
(http://www.bkkchristianhosp.th.com) listened to my description and
disease history and suggested me to do a "shit exam." They asked me to
come back after 1 hour because the lab needs time for the test.

When I came back, they told me that they found "Giardia Lamblia" in my
shit. Basically it is a worm. They used "Amoxil" (a kind of
penicillin) to treat me. You can find many resources about this
disease and drug.

The doctor gave me the following:
1. Amoxil 500 mg * 20
2. Ropect(polar) * 10
3. Fasigyn 500 mg * 20

There are some descriptions about this disease and drugs:
http://www.sciscape.org/print_news.php?news_id=1324
http://www.niea.gov.tw/analysis/publish/month/25/25th2-4.htm
http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:ma9wHFpVNxAJ:www.health4ever.com/drug/amoxycillin.asp+Amoxil&hl=zh-TW&gl=tw&ct=clnk&cd=1&lr=lang_zh-TW
http://hospital.kingnet.com.tw/medicine/medicine.html?medno=1043915174
http://www.walgreens.com/library/finddrug/druginfo1.jsp?bid=7424&bname=AMOXIL%20500MG%20CAPSULES&id=17095
http://www.asa.org.za/pharm/pfizer/fasigyn.html
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap22.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giardia_lamblia
http://www.protech-tio2.com/Organism(1)/qr11.htm

1 comment:

Christopher Trottier said...

That's harsh. I really hope you get better.