Cryptosporidiosis natural history

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Possible complications

• Cholangitis (inflammation of a bile duct)
• Cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder)
• Hepatitis
• Malabsorption (not enough nutrients being absorbed from the intestinal tract)
• Pancreatitis
• Wasting syndrome (loss of body mass where the person becomes very thin and weak)

Prognosis

In healthy people, the infection will clear up, but it can last up to a month. In people who are immunosuppressed, long-term diarrhea may cause weight loss and malnutrition.