How do you deal with the inevitable diarrhea that comes with traveling to the 3rd world? I am in Mexico and I've been shitting water for 3 days straight now and can't even go for more than 40 minutes away from my airbnb
Traveler's diarrhea
How do you deal with the inevitable diarrhea that comes with traveling to the 3rd world? I am in Mexico and I've been shitting water for 3 days straight now and can't even go for more than 40 minutes away from my airbnb
Gut issue. Maybe antibiotics and probiotics will help?
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If you're on day 3 you can be sure it will go away soon. I've been to Vietnam twice and it took exactly 4 days to stop shitting liquid each time. However, I may have been shitting liquid but I wasn't exactly shitting more frequently than usual, which was convenient I guess.
Medication will help, anti-diarrhea tablets exist but probiotics will probably help. Also, what you eat may contribute, friend foods tend to have less bacteria so will cause less sickness and fresh foods have more bacteria that you're not used to. That said, I will pick having liquid shits for a few days over missing out on local foods every time.
Traveller's diarrhea - the bane of every vagrant that travels this cursed earth. Sometimes I get the shits before I even get a chance to try the local cuisine in the 3rd world. It's almost as if my body pre-empts the colon cocktails about to happen and starts brewing & spewing once I land in these oriental shitholes.
I deal with it by having a decent immune system and being used to diverse foods, not just burgers with sugar. I've only gotten the real shits twice over multiple years of traveling, and that was in India from very questionable street food. Also I don't count the occasional volcanic eruption after some mega Hispanicy tacos, that's just normal
Nobody asked you, gay.
This.
I've ate streetfood in places like burma and drink the tap water wherever I go, and I've never got sick yet.
You eventually get used to it. In the meantime, buy some antibiotics from a local pharmacy and grab some Imodium in case you need to step outside for more than a few minutes.
Before you go, for a few weeks, and while you're there, take pro biotics. It doesn't matter if you haven't already started, starting now could help.
Avoid Hispanicy food for a few days.
Only eat at higher end places for a few days, hygiene is the killer. Wash your hands thoroughly before eating.
Only drink fluids from sealed containers. Do not accept ice. Do not get water in your mouth when you shower. Use water from a sealed water bottle when you brush your teeth, including rinsing the brush.
Sounds excessive, and some of it doesn't have to be permanent, but it will help you get your stomach back to normal.
In a desperate situation, like before a flight, take imodium which you should be able to get over the counter at a pharmacy. It will stop the squirts temporarily, but remember your body is doing that to flush out bacteria and inflammatory stuff in your system, you want to get it out, abusing imodium could lead to something more serious so only use it when you want to avoid shitting your pants on a bus or something.
Over time you'll get more resistant to common bacteria in a country, but you should still try to maximise hygiene where possible.
this but also.
>if its not piping hot don't eat it
>if its fruit without peelable skin don't eat it
>let me stress this DO NOT TAKE ANY ICE, you don't know where that's been or whose hands have been in it. I swear 90% of travellers' diarrhea comes from ice.
>Activated charcoal pills.
>No ice
Hmm I wonder if that's what got me the other day. I had a fruit smoothie with ice and it fucked me up. I figured it was the fruit though.
My friend, it could be anything. You can get it from eating on a plate washed in tap water.
It's about building up a tolerance. Eating food left on a tray on the side of the road for 7 hours will make you sick either way, drinking water from the tap will make you sick either way, but early on little things can set off a sensitive stomach. You always run a risk, that's life, but you'll get past the daily runs soon enough.
this is the gayest thread ever lmao who even gets this except Americans with zero immune system used to goyslop cornsyrup everyday
been to india and south america and found the food to be delicious and better than what I have at home. Maybe stop eating street food and staying at cheap hostels with no filtered water
>I gorge on other people' shit all the time so I'm used to it I'm better than those Americans who eat quality food
South America is better than the USA if you're rich and white (yeah I know this doesn't apply to you). I'm not some backpacking spastic eating sewage slop. Enjoy your whataburger
Just admit that you are proud and bragging that you have consumed huge quantities of shit
south american here
never in my life have i had diarrhea while traveling even though I eat on the street all the time and almost never wash my hands nor use gay antibacterial gel
sounds like a skill issue
You are proud shit eaters too, congrats
You live in a third world country of course your body has adapted to eating other people's feces.
I have traveler's constipation instead.
Doesn't matter where, if I'm halfway around the glove or if I'm staying over at a friend's house just one or two cities away, as long as my butthole knows I'm not sitting on my throne then my butthole simply refuses to open.
shit in the streets sir
Drink gatorade or pedialight so you dont get dehydrated. You need to drink a lot of bottled water. It'll get way worse if you're dehydrated and could become life threatening. Drinking a lot of water will flush your system out too. Avoid anything Hispanicy and eat really bland food, white rice or chicken soup. If you get a fever and start feeling really bad cramps, or you start seeing dark blood in your stool, you need to go to an ER and they'll probably put you on a antibiotic. If it gets bad, I'd fly home. Don't take an antibiotic yet if it's just the shits. Pepcid (famitodine) would be the best option for now.
diarrhea is nice. its a quick way to look lean.
Sounds like you have shitty hygiene. I'm on week 3 here, first time ever, and didn't get diarrhea, beyond what you'd usually get from eating street tacos.
>wash hands
>don't drink tap water
>wash off your fruit
I never thought of "don't get ice" but it does make sense. I've drank plenty of lemonade with ice, juice from vendors, and no issues.
Mainly just wash your hands and stick to bottled water. I've eaten so much street food.
>I never thought of "don't get ice" but it does make sense. I've drank plenty of lemonade with ice, juice from vendors, and no issues.
A lot of 3rd world places will have ice that gets delivered from a water purification company. The issue is whether the ice is handled properly by some people though.