Can years of parasites result in fat stomach?
Hi I became violently ill during a backpacking adventure in South East Asia back in 1999 (at the age of 22). I lost about 10-15 kilos in a matter of weeks, and when I returned to Europe, Giardia Lamblia was found in my body. As the doctors I saw knew nothing about this parasite, I was given penicillin four times in a year until I was given proper medication. During this year, I weighed 73 kilos (at 6’3, so a fairly low weight for my height), although for such a weight, I still had quite a lot of body fat around my belly/abdominals. Although the Giardia was finally cleared a year later, my symptoms remained and I saw gastro specialists and was over the next four years misdiagnosed with IBS, IBD, Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, etc. I was also given a wide range of various medications to try. Over the years I kept putting weight on, despite exercising and eating healthy. In 2004, now living in Sydney, I was referred to a specialist and had a histopath test which revealed I had a num
