11 agosto 2015

npr: It goes by many names: Delhi belly. Montezuma’s revenge....



npr:

It goes by many names: Delhi belly. Montezuma’s revenge. The Aztec two-step. But doctors use one not-so-glamorous term: traveler’s diarrhea.

If you’re visiting a place this summer with less than ideal sewage disposal — maybe a resort in Mexico or a village in Rajasthan — chances are your GI tract will give you trouble at least once … maybe twice … maybe continuously.

There are just about as many misconceptions and myths about traveler’s diarrhea as there are names for it. So we’re here to try and set the record straight — or a least discuss what’s known and not known.

Can You Protect Your Tummy From Traveler’s Diarrhea?

Illustration credit: Leif Parsons for NPR

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