Actress Claire Foy, best known from the TV series The Crown as the young Queen Elizabeth II, has revealed that she has been battling a parasitic intestinal infection for at least five years. He believes that he is a parasite became infected during a trip to Morocco. Although she did not name the parasite directly, according to what she reported about the infection, it was an infection with the very common protozoan lamblia intestinalis.
Claire talked about her health problems on the Table Manners With Jessie and Lennie Ware podcast. She described that for a long time she did not understand what was happening to her body. “I kept losing weight and I didn’t know why. I was like, ‘I eat absolutely everything.’ I was terribly hungry,” she stated.
The two-time Emmy winner went on to describe what the doctors told her. “They travel in pairs. The doctor told me so—disgusting, absolutely disgusting. It’s disgusting.” she said, adding that she had probably lived with the infection for at least five years.
Claire Foy seemed to be suffering giardiasiswhich is caused by lamblia intestinalis (Giardia intestinalis). It is a protozoan that is visible to the naked eye. Under the microscope it is then clear that it has two nuclei that act like two eyes. Claire Foy apparently meant that they move (travel) in pairs.
In order to get rid of the parasite, Claire’s doctors put her on a strict diet, which included the complete elimination of caffeine. She admitted that it was not easy for her. “I drank at least fifteen cups of tea a day, plus two coffees,” she stated. She eventually decided to avoid caffeine permanently, even after the infection was successfully treated. Lambliosis is treated with medications that suppress the vital functions of the protozoa. These are mainly 5-nitroimidazoles and benzimidazoles.
