What is this plant like thing? No, it is not mistletoe but a new foe mentioned in the first post. This is a less ugly picture of Cryptosporidium Parvum. This parasite can be caught through drinking the following: inadequately treated drinking water, public swimming pools, lakes, streams, and other bodies of untreated water. Cryptosporidium is not a pretty parasite in fact you can only tell if you have it through testing your stool for the parasite. There are no cures but it usually goes away over time; some people may not even show any symptoms of having Cryptosporidium. It is extremely hard to remove Crytosporidium from infected drinking water in the water plants best protection is making sure the water does not get contaminated in the first place.
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