Re: Have you had giardia.
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05/04/22 10:17 AM
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I was chipping a ice hole in a pond that was black water and a drop of water landed in my mouth and it took 2 treatments over a years time to kill off the Giadria!
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I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
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Re: Have you had giardia.
[Re: martentrapper]
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05/04/22 11:05 AM
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One of the world's experts on the subject gave a talk about it at the Washington state trappers assn rendezvous several years ago. I learned lots of things about "beaver fever" I never knew. 1) it is a large organism, let's say you have a 55 gallon drum of water, and 50 people drink from it. If there are only a few parasites in the barrel it's possible that only a couple, or no one will get sick 2) beavers get the blame for a sickness that is mostly passed around by people. 3) There are a small percentage of people of European descent who carry the parasite around in their gut with no ill effects. They are the primary cause of spread.
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Re: Have you had giardia.
[Re: martentrapper]
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05/04/22 12:21 PM
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Want to ruin a good hunt..................... I took a buddy named Don out to moose camp with me one year. He is a Marine and I am ex-Army so we always give each other a hard time ![smile smile](/forum/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif) It is a 7 hour float to camp and it was a nice sunny warm September day when we stopped to take a break and eat some lunch. Now I had a whole case of bottled water setting right there in the canoe an even offered him one. Mr tough guy waded out into the river and started drinking directly from it, I was like dude you dont want to do that there are beavers in here...... Him.. Oh look how crystal clear the water is! We are in Alaska the water is pristine! I am good! Not even 6 hours later it hit him! Our trip was scheduled for a week, his lasted 3 days. Ran out of TP and baby wipes on day 2 He earned the nick name Beaver Fever Don after that trip ![smile smile](/forum/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif)
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Re: Have you had giardia.
[Re: martentrapper]
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05/04/22 03:14 PM
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The first time I got giardia was from drinking clear water but didn’t take treatment to get rid of it. Might not have been giardia but no warning, I knew where EVERY. Bathroom was on Ft. Wainwright not much time to look for one. I ended up taking apple cider vinegar poured onto a large spoon full of sugar to get things stopped! Second time nothing worked except a trip to the Dr!
I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
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Re: Have you had giardia.
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05/23/22 12:30 PM
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I have had a few times 4 to be exact the first was the worst and after that experience I wasn’t drinking the water finally dialed into the fact that I was handling beaver in camp with no gloves after I started using gloves and using lysol wipes on my hands before eating or drinking anything no more problems. Flagil cures it pretty quick if you think you got it go see the Dr it is painless
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Re: Have you had giardia.
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05/24/22 11:35 PM
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One of the world's experts on the subject gave a talk about it at the Washington state trappers assn rendezvous several years ago. I learned lots of things about "beaver fever" I never knew. 1) it is a large organism, let's say you have a 55 gallon drum of water, and 50 people drink from it. If there are only a few parasites in the barrel it's possible that only a couple, or no one will get sick 2) beavers get the blame for a sickness that is mostly passed around by people. 3) There are a small percentage of people of European descent who carry the parasite around in their gut with no ill effects. They are the primary cause of spread. Do you have a source on what Europeans are immune to it.
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Re: Have you had giardia.
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05/26/22 12:05 PM
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I have drank water long term without boiling from clear lakes, rivers, and streams all over Maine, Quebec, Ontario, Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska. Not sure why I have never had it. Now that I am cautious will probably get it.
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