[pct-l] ''Believer'' - Water Purification

[Eckert]

Self innoculation is a new one to me.  I can't find a supporting 
reference to this effect.  In order for a hiker to create and pass the 
infecting cysts, he'd already have to have the critters thriving inside him.

Many websites (always gospel, I know) say the incubation is 1-2 weeks, 
although some say 1 to 3 weeks.  If Al was on the trail for just a 
couple of days, the occurance of his symptoms would be at the outer edge 
of the incubation pattern.  I would be more inclined to think he'd had 
the misfortune to eat some unwashed fruit or bulk packaged trail mix 
after he got off the trail, or recieved a less than hygenic 
congratulatory handshake somewhere along the line.

It sure would be interesting to learn what water sources he used while 
on the trail.  Thank goodness for Tinizadole.


Carl & Judy Rush wrote:

>Reinhold,
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>   I agree with Stillroaming. A hiker especially one who is in a hurry might
>not clean up after, then handle their food maybe an energy bar and give
>Giardia to themselves.
>Carl
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>>Stillroaming wrote......It's probably not the water, it's more likely
>>personal hygiene......maybe he did not carry sanitizer / soap due to
>>weight
>>nor did he find the time to wash, 'after'.
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On 11/5/06, Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net> wrote:

>>Stillroaming,
>>I am not sure I'm following your logic.
>>Al did not have ''Giardia'' when he started the hike.
>>The  ''Giardia''  simpletons first appeared about twenty days after he
>>stated drinking untreated water.
>>If, as you suggest, it was more likely the result of poor personal
>>hygiene,
>>whom did he get it from???............He was hiking solo...........I say
>>it
>>was the water.
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