Knut-Arne Wensaas

Knut-Arne Wensaas is a family medicine physician and a senior researcher in Bergen, Norway.

Education and training
Knut-Arne Wensaas earned a medical degree from the University of Bergen in 1993. He acquired clinical specialty in family medicine in 2001.

He earned his Ph.D. in 2011 with his doctoral thesis entitled "Giardiasis in Bergen – Outbreak and clinical consequences".

Career
Dr. Wensaas works as a general practitioner at Kalfaret legesenter in Bergen and holds a half-time post-doctoral position working on a research project entitled "Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue following infection with Giardia lamblia. Premorbid factors and long-term consequences".

Notable studies

 * 2009, Severity of Giardia infection associated with post-infectious fatigue and abdominal symptoms two years after. (Full text)
 * 2012, Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue 3 years after acute giardiasis: historic cohort study (Abstract)
 * 2015, The relationship between irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia, chronic fatigue and overactive bladder syndrome: a controlled study 6 years after acute gastrointestinal infection (Full text)
 * 2016, Excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep need and insomnia 3 years after Giardia infection: a cohort study (Abstract)
 * 2018, The International Collaborative on Fatigue Following Infection (COFFI) (Full text)
 * 2018, Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue 10 Years After Giardia Infection (Abstract)
 * 2019, Quality of life and its association with irritable bowel syndrome and fatigue ten years after giardiasis (Abstract)

Online presence

 * Website