2. Guiding Questions
• What is a parasite?
• What are the most common waterborne parasites?
• What is the cause and where is this happening?
• What are the symptoms?
• Who is at risk?
• What are the treatments?
• Prevention
• What water companies do to remove parasites from water?
• What should we do to prevent the water pollution?
3. introducing parasites
• A parasite is an plant or animal organism that lives in another
organism and takes its nourishment from that organism for
the purpose of staying alive.
5. symptoms
Symptoms vary from person to person.
• Diarrhea
• Abdominal pain
• Bloating
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
• Fever
• Dehydration
6. where is it happening?
• Giardia is found within every region of the United States and
is found worldwide.
• It is found in soil, food, and water.
• The prevalence rate for the disease range from 2-7% in
developed countries and 20-30% in most developing
countries.
7. What are the causes?
• Swallowing contaminated water while swimming in swimming
pools, lakes, rivers, oceans, ponds, and water parks.
• Also, if you eat uncooked or raw foods, you can be infected.
• And accidentally picking up contaminated diapers, bathroom
fixtures or toys.
8. Who is most at risk?
• Day care providers and children attending day care centers
• Travelers, Hikers, Campers
• Young children, older adults and persons with weakened
immune systems
9. Treatments
In most cases, people who have healthy immune systems will
recover without treatment.
• Drinking plenty of fluids
• Take medicine
• Rest in bed
10. Preventions
• Not drinking contaminated water or untreated water. Boil the water for at
least one minute.
• Wash your hands after you use the bathroom before handling food or drinks
• Don’t make human body contact if you didn’t wash your hands.
• When traveling in areas where diseases are common to happen, use only
bottled water.
• Avoid swallowing water in swimming pools and spas.
11. What water companies do to remove the
parasites from the water?
The water company use disinfection process.
• Chlorination or Iodine
• Ultraviolet light
• Filtration.
12. What should we do to prevent the water
pollution?
• Dispose the trash properly
• Pull weeds by hands instead of using weed killers
• Do not dump poisonous chemicals into the toilet, sink, the ocean, lakes, or rivers.
• Do not dump sewage into a lake and streams.
• Pick up your pet waste.
• Collect waste and trash from local lakes and water streams.
• Don’t defecate near waterways or in puddles. If you have to defecate in the bush,
make sure you bury it.
14. Fun facts in spanish
• 1.Parasito hembra puede poner 750,000 huevo en un minuto.
• [ A female parasite can lay up to 750,000 eggs in 1 minute].
• 2. El huevo de parasito hembra incuba en el pulmon.
• [ The female parasites eggs go through the blood stream then hatches in the lungs].
• 3. Parasito es ambos bien y malo.
• [ Parasites are both good and bad].
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• giardiasis.org. Mission Pharmacal Company
Apr. 2 <http://www.giardiasis.org>
• cdc.gov. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Apr. 5 <http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/crypto>
• en.wikipedia.org. Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Apr. 5 <http://www.en.Wikipedia.org/waterborne_diseases>
• Encyclopedia.com. HighBeam Research. Inc.
Apr. 8 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3404000913.html
