Travellers' diarrhea Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Travellers' diarrhea
Usually the traveller's affliction isgastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach tissue (gastritis) or the small bowel (enteritis) or both, which causesabdominal pain and frequent watery stools. There may also be vomiting and fever. The commonest cause is viruses, but bacteria or protozoa can cause nearly identical symptoms. These are transmitted via fecal-oral contamination – contaminated water, shellfish from such water, contaminated food, dirty toilets, etc. – and the main defense is good hygiene. A typical intestinal infection is quite unlikely to kill, though a patient may feel like it is going to, or even wish it would. However, as for apparent colds that might turn out to be pneumonia, some more serious diseases have intestinal upsets as their first symptoms. It is very importan
Travellers' diarrhea Travel Guide Sections
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