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Frequent Cramping, Diarrhea For Last One Week. Medication Required?
Just returned from cancun Mexico yesterday. During the first night there I woke with cramping and diarreah . This continued every hour for the next 36 hours. I began to feel better but the cramping and loose stools continue; dark, grainy, and frequent. It s been 8 days now. Should I be worried or visit my doctor? Thank you
Wed, 29 May 2013
Hello,
I think this is very often in travelleres,
you sholud adjust your diet and take a lot of fluids to compensate possible dehydration, for example take noncarbonated water, tea, and eat rice, bananas, salt stics, toast, cooked chicken... for now is better to avoid anything to sweet and fat to prevent diarreah of getting worse, and of course very important is to take probiotics to recover and support your digestive bacteria system, if dietary changes don't help in a few days, you should think of giving a sample of stool for analysis on bacteria and parasites,
wish you a quick recovery
I think this is very often in travelleres,
you sholud adjust your diet and take a lot of fluids to compensate possible dehydration, for example take noncarbonated water, tea, and eat rice, bananas, salt stics, toast, cooked chicken... for now is better to avoid anything to sweet and fat to prevent diarreah of getting worse, and of course very important is to take probiotics to recover and support your digestive bacteria system, if dietary changes don't help in a few days, you should think of giving a sample of stool for analysis on bacteria and parasites,
wish you a quick recovery
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