Often travelers face problems such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. This is how the body reacts to viruses and bacteria that can get through dirty water or unwashed fruit, poor-quality food.
Most often, vacationers catch Escherichia coli, salmonella, and rotavirus on the road. They are less often infected with Giardia – parasites that live in the intestines.
If you feel unwell on the road and the symptoms described above appear, you should definitely consult a doctor. Comprehensive analyzes that determine the causative agent of the disease will help to find out the cause of vomiting or diarrhea. this is followed by the prescription of the correct medication.
If the health situation is not clear, but the person submits to a blood test to detect the presence of antibodies to the largest number of parasites and pathogens of intestinal infections. Among them there are helminths, the probability of infection with which is very high on the road.
Before going on a trip, doctor Malinovskaya recommends taking out insurance, especially children’s insurance. Babies tolerate intestinal infections worse and hospitalization is not uncommon.
It is better to take bottled water with you, buy it in stores on the way. It is better not to drink water from streams, springs and open reservoirs, no matter how clean it may seem. And ready-made dishes can be purchased from well-known cafes or canteens, but by no means out of hand or on the road.