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Cryptosporidium infection (cryptosporidiosis) is a gastrointestinal disease with diarrhea as it's primary symptom. The illness begins when the tiny cryptosporidium parasite enters the body and travels to the small intestine. Cryptosporidium then begins its life cycle inside the body, burrowing into the walls of the intestines and then later being shed in the feces. For most healthy people, a cryptosporidium infection produces a bout of watery diarrhea and the infection typically goes away within a week or two. For people with a compromised immune system, a cryptosporidium infection can become life-threatening without proper treatment.

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