Traveler's Diarrhea?

Question

Tips to Thwart Turista

Answer 1

Drink Water, Water, anywhere. When you have turista, your stool are mostly water, so why would the most important treatment be to drink plenty of the right fluids? Because dehydration the loss of water and electrolytes can kill diarrhea kills hundred of thousand children every year, often because their parents belive that giving them fluids only makes the diarrhea worse, So rehydrating your self when you have turista is not like bringing coals to Newcastle. A lot of what you take in will be pumped right back out of the other end.