[pct-l] Not treating water

[Thomas Jamrog]

The difficulty is that it takes approximately 10 days for giardiasis symptoms to appear, so if you were not filtering water and had taken on water from several places a day , as if the case, how could you be sure where you contracted it ?  All it takes is  just one cyst.  They multiply in your intestines, and then it's volcano city .  I've had it twice. I do agree that some people have natural immunity, but I'm sure I'm not in that class.  I do not have a picky digestive system either, for those who know me can attest.  
Uncle Tom   

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On Dec 16, 2009, at 5:06 PM, <jomike at cot.net> wrote:

> Scott Williamson doesn't treat his water on the PCT.  I understand the
> dangers of  not treating water (read about it a gazillion times).  I'm
> familiar with all the disclaimer advice.  I just want to know: has anyone
> here ever caught any 'bugs' by drinking untreated water *on the PCT*? (I'm
> not concerned about other trails).
> 
> If so, what part of the trail did you catch it in?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> _______________________________________________________________
> 
> I wish it were that easy (particular locations being avoided) but it's not, or, in a way, I also suppose it is.
> 
> The popular opinion of this day and age is that most "Guardia" is not Guardia. It is various stomach, digestive tract up sets for a multiple of reasons, mainly due to careless food handling and sharing of food/water and in general exceedingly filthy hands.
> 
> So wash often as possible; don't let another put their hands in your food source; don't drink from another's food bottle and treat where it is obvious to treat, i.e., in areas where cattle and/or horses are grazing, etc.
> 
> Read more about it in the archives; there has been a ton of talk in the past.
> 
> are we there yet
> 
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