From the Mayo Clinic Online- In most healthy people, a cryptosporidium infection produces a bout of watery diarrhea and the infection usually goes away within a week or two
You can become infected with cryptosporidia by touching anything that has come in contact with contaminated feces. Methods of infection include:
You can become infected with cryptosporidia by touching anything that has come in contact with contaminated feces. Methods of infection include:
- Drinking contaminated water that contains cryptosporidium parasites
- Swimming in contaminated water that contains cryptosporidium parasites and accidentally swallowing some of it
- Eating uncooked, contaminated food that contains cryptosporidia
- Touching your hand to your mouth if your hand has been in contact with a contaminated surface or object
- Having close contact with other infected people or animals — especially their feces — which can allow the parasite to be transmitted from your hands to your mouth