Healthy Travel
If you avoid risky food and water and still come down with traveler’s sickness, do this:
* To prevent dehydration, drink plenty of bottled water and rehydrating drinks like Gatorade.
* Drink beverages from original containers that you break the seal to open.
* Don’t take over-the-counter diarrhea medications like Enterovioform or Mesaform available in foreign countries. According to the Food and Drug Administration, these medicines aren’t safe.
* See a doctor if diarrhea continues for more than three days, if you have blood in your stool, or if diarrhea is accompanied by fever. You may need an antibiotic.
© American Institute for Preventive Medicine