Both amebiasis and giardiasis are currently treated with the antibiotic metronidazole, which has side effects that include nausea, vomiting, dizziness and headache.
According to the health workers, cases of fever and measles are on the rise among the young children, as well as amebiasis that also afflicts older individuals.
I've encountered patients in whom severe gastrointestinal symptoms present for as long as 20 years has totally cleared upon treatment of giardiasis or amebiasis.
