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Why Do You Always Seem To Get Sicker Abroad. (pg. 3)
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| Jarvmeister |
| quote: | Originally posted by elFreak
maybe you are just used to eating dirty garbage. |
Maybe thats it. |
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| narcism |
| quote: | Originally posted by echosystm
we actually decided to take a risk and eat at a 4 star restaurant one night.
the doctors were about as good as the food preperation. we paid $600AUD for him to tell us to stop taking our anti-malaria medication. "yeah... no". upon leaving australia, |
:haha: i love stories like this
why didnt u just eat in the expensive restaurants... geez would of cost you like $50 a meal...
and you got ripped off at the doctors, serves you right though, people who travel without insurance deserve to get ripped off |
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| noikeee |
| quote: | Originally posted by echosystm
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:nervous: :nervous: :nervous: |
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| Arbiter |
If you take antibiotics you can prevent it most of the time. Some doctors will not recommend them but it works very well if the symptoms are caused by bacteria (and they usually are.) If you can't get a prescription, you may be able to buy generics over the counter at your destination after you arrive (depending upon where you're going, obviously).
I just got back from Tanzania and I was taking Cipro the whole time to prevent that sort of thing. It worked very well. You still have to take precautions, because your antibiotics won't help much against parasites like giardia, but most people just have trouble adjusting to foreign bacteria, and it will prevent that problem. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
If you take antibiotics you can prevent it most of the time. Some doctors will not recommend them but it works very well if the symptoms are caused by bacteria (and they usually are.) If you can't get a prescription, you may be able to buy generics over the counter at your destination after you arrive (depending upon where you're going, obviously).
I just got back from Tanzania and I was taking Cipro the whole time to prevent that sort of thing. It worked very well. You still have to take precautions, because your antibiotics won't help much against parasites like giardia, but most people just have trouble adjusting to foreign bacteria, and it will prevent that problem. |
giardia is easily avoided with the tabs you can get at camping stores. these are a recent innovation but work very well. |
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| lücid |
i've never gotten sick when i traveled outside the US.
i did get strep throat when i was in Florida during spring break 5 or 6 years ago. i woke up every morning crying because my throat was in so much pain, and had to sit in the condo and watch everyone outside on the beach having fun in the sun while i drank juice and ate painkillers like candy. |
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jarvmeister
How unprecious does one have to be in order not to know his ing bicep circumference!?!? |
i do alot of sports ;)
i have to measure my weight, waist, bicep and thigh once a month etc. to make sure i'm progressing. |
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| DJTw33k |
| The thing is that being in a foreign environment, your body takes time to adjust to it. I usually try to take a lot of vitamin C or OJ...increase your immune system. |
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
why didnt u just eat in the expensive restaurants... geez would of cost you like $50 a meal...
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well, actually 5 star over there is just as expensive as 5 star here, believe it or not. i guess it is because they know they can prey on all the poor suckers, so scared to eat anywhere else, that they will pay anything.
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
and you got ripped off at the doctors, serves you right though, people who travel without insurance deserve to get ripped off |
we did have insurance. we got the $600 claimed back, but i still thought it was a lol just for the doctor to talk to us for 5 minutes at the hotel. |
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| NeoPhono |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
If you take antibiotics you can prevent it most of the time. Some doctors will not recommend them but it works very well if the symptoms are caused by bacteria (and they usually are.) If you can't get a prescription, you may be able to buy generics over the counter at your destination after you arrive (depending upon where you're going, obviously).
I just got back from Tanzania and I was taking Cipro the whole time to prevent that sort of thing. It worked very well. You still have to take precautions, because your antibiotics won't help much against parasites like giardia, but most people just have trouble adjusting to foreign bacteria, and it will prevent that problem. |
Yeah for resistant strains... |
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| elFreak |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
i've never gotten sick when i traveled outside the US.
i did get strep throat when i was in Florida during spring break 5 or 6 years ago. i woke up every morning crying because my throat was in so much pain, and had to sit in the condo and watch everyone outside on the beach having fun in the sun while i drank juice and ate painkillers like candy. |
i had never gotten sick before anywhere else i have traveled other than Cuba. Asia is just dirty. (lol i just said that......again!:p) |
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| Frenchie |
| The only time I've ever gotten sick overseas was in Italy. Since I travel a lot, I've been pretty lucky. Hope it passes, Jay. |
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