Traveler’s Diarrhea (TD) is the Most Predictable Travel-Related Illness!
Eat foods that are Use only water that is well cooked and Eat food from street sealed & bottled, Drink Tap water OR served steaming vendors or market chemically treated, or rinse your toothbrush boiled - for drinking & in tap water. brushing teeth. Eat breads, Drink beverages tortillas, crackers, made only with Use ice unless it is made biscuits & other Eat leafy or uncooked boiled water (hot from boiled, bottled, or baked goods. vegetables. tea/coffee). purified water. Eat fruits, nuts & Drink canned, boxed vegetables with Eat undercooked, raw, or commercially Assume that water is thick skins, peels or or cold meat, seafood bottled carbonated safe because it is shells that you water & drinks. chlorinated remove yourself. Eat/drink unpasteurized Drink fruit juice unless it dairy products such as Carry safe water comes directly from a Eat canned foods. cheese, yogurt or milk, with you if you are sealed container; mayonnaise, salad going out for the otherwise it may have dressing, salsas, creamy been diluted with tap desserts, custards. You can decrease your risk by about 60% by using Pepto Bismol on a daily basis when you travel. (Do not use for more than 3 weeks. Do not use if you have an allergy to aspirin, renal insufficiency or
gout. Do not use if you are taking anti-coagulants, probenecid, or methotrexate. Do not take with Doxycycline.
Side effects are minimal and may include temporary black stools or a black tongue.)
Pepto Bismol 2 ounces of liquid Take 4 times per day (bismuth subsalicylate) (4-6 hours apart) 2 tablets Imodium (loperamide) - 2 tablets Seek Medical Care if not Mild loose stools ► at initial episode and 1 tablet with resolved in 48 hours or (3-4 in 24 hours) each reoccurring episode. development of fever &/or (Maximum of 4 tablets per day) bloody stools. Severe Diarrhea with intense cramps, nausea, bloody stools Do Not Self-Treat! Seek Medical Care! and/or fevers. ► Do Not take Imodium
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