A 30-year-old woman is evaluated for a 2-month history of diarrhea with three to five loose stools per day. She has mild abdominal cramps, bloating, intermittent nausea, and mild anorexia that has resulted in the loss of 2.3 kg .
Category: Giardia
Some Pittsburgh schools closed for the day over water issue
Insufficient chlorine in Pittsburgh’s public water supply led to the closure Wednesday of nearly two dozen grade schools and a boil-water advisory in neighborhoods that include the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority said the advisory applied to 100,000 customers in the city of more than 305,000 residents, but officials also stressed that the advisory was only a precautionary measure and no public health problems were reported.
100,000 Pittsburgh Residents Told to Boil Their Tap Water
Courtney Patterson, left, and Ronette Cooley, carry containers for water to a city fire station in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh where water buffaloes are available for the public on Feb. 1, 2017. The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority issued an advisory Tuesday after the Department of Environmental Protection discovered low levels of chlorine in the water at a reservoir and distribution facility.