Ep 31 Giardia: Gerardia

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 17.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Giardia may be the most common intestinal parasite in the US and one of the most common worldwide, but did you know it was only in the last 40 years that it was officially recognized as a human pathogen?! In today’s episode, we’ll travel back to a time before humans knew microbes even existed to discover alongside Leeuwenhoek a whole new world of animalcules like giardia. We’ll find out how seeing these critters for the first time changed everything, and how long it has taken to recognize their impact on the globe. Plus, we’ll tell you all about how giardia gives you such bad poops. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is exactly right.
0:08.0	July 3rd.
0:09.5	I woke that morning with thargic.
0:11.8	The coffee didn't help my energy materialize nor did it help clear away the clouds that
0:16.0	had formed in my brain.
0:17.8	My functionability was so affected that at one point I was sitting at my desk holding
0:22.0	my head in my hands.
0:24.1	That was the moment home seemed like the best place for me to be.
0:27.7	Something was wrong.
0:29.6	Something was churning.
0:31.5	That was the night the sickness hit.
0:33.5	It reared its ugly head first by the expulsion of the contents of my stomach.
0:39.0	I couldn't stop it from happening.
0:40.9	Try as I may, no deep breath would stay the sick.
0:44.5	I was thwarted at every turn.
0:46.6	Worship at the throne of the toilet god was inevitable.
0:50.0	Dehydration became the scariest factor in this situation.
0:53.4	I was losing more water than I could drink.
0:56.0	Partly because I had no desire to drink.
0:58.5	I tried to work.
0:59.5	I tried to eat.
1:00.7	I slept on my sofa.
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