Giambi to be tested for possibly fatal disease
 

Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi is undergoing tests for a potentially fatal condition sometimes caused by intestinal parasites, his personal trainer told the Newark Star Ledger.


"He told me, 'I don't care about even hitting .220. I just want to feel better,' " Bob Alejo told the newspaper for a story published in Monday's editions. "He's exhausted, and it's not getting any better."


Giambi is being tested for a parasite called entamoeba histolytica, Alejo said, which can cause a potentially fatal condition called amebiasis. The parasite can be transmitted through water and food, among other ways, and it can embed itself in the intestinal lining, making it undetectable except by very specific tests, according to the Star Ledger's report.


Giambi has been tested for cancer and HIV in the last week. Both tests came back negative.


Giambi is scheduled to see another infectious disease specialist on Monday and will undergo specific tests for E. Histolytica, the newspaper reported. The results of those tests will determine whether the Yankees decide to put Giambi on the disabled list again.


There is concern that Giambi, who has missed 13 starts this season, might have to sit out the remainder of the season to rest. He's sat out four of New York's last five games; Giambi started at first base Friday in Boston but skipped the remaining two games of the series. He is hitless in his last 19 at-bats.

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Hope he's fine, there already saying "could these be a side effect from roids".

Let it go, leave the guy alone and hope he's fine.

Then when he's healthy and hitting .220 w/ 5 home runs, rag the crap outta him, but not now!

Man i hope he's ok:(

he didn't look good at all on Friday, he looked like he was about to pass out

I saw a blurb about this on ESPN News this morning. I hope he turns out okay, as much as I hate the Yankees it is horrible to see something like this. :(

I hope he turns out okay, and I am pretty confident he will once they find out whats wrong with him.

Hope they find out what's wrong with him. Baseball aside, his health is the biggest issue here.

He's going for tests today. Dam, I feel so bad for the guy. I mean putting that word "Fatal" in front of anything is pretty dam scary.

They're just running tests. It's not like he has it. Keep that in mind. They don't know what is wrong with him, so they are broadening their scope, their search for a reason why he's lethargic and doing so poorly.

SO I read that Giambi, Brown, and Giambi's wife all three had it.

...LOL

I was reading on Yahoo, that Giambi has a benign tumor. They're not saying where it is located. The Yanks put Giambi on the 15 day DL. Hope they treat it and he comes out alright.