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The Vine: May 14, 2007

Submitted by on May 14, 2007 – 11:09 AMNo Comment

Hi Sars,

I just read the Vine about the roommate with the pooping problem, and I would strongly suggest she visit a doctor to check for intestinal parasites. With her new symptoms of particularly smelly stools, toilet bowl “remains,” and recent travel to Jamaica, it sounds like she might have a Giardia infection. (I’m a medical student who just returned from a month in Guatemala, so I’m particularly sensitive to this subject, if you know what I mean.)

A

Dear A,

A couple other readers suggested the same thing, as well as the possibility of Crohn’s disease.

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