I spent a month on India recently and was lucky to never get sick although I did drink the water, eat street food, drink lukewarm chai on a train and brush my teeth with tap water. I also took Dukorol although I had no idea it protects from travellers diarrhea so that must have been it. Besdt 40 euro I spent!
I hadn’t heard about the cholera vaccine but when I have travelled in the past and had to take a malaria prophylaxis I always chose doxycycline, which has the added benefit of being one of the treatments of choice for E. coli as well as a number of other nasty bugs.
hope u enjoyed ur travels! my husband is indian and im part indian (my great grandmum). we plan to go back ourselves, n i knew about meds but not in details…gotta agree…there r some things homeopathic is good for, and others when you’re just being a fool.
Wednesday 15 June, 2011 at 12:09 pm
I spent a month on India recently and was lucky to never get sick although I did drink the water, eat street food, drink lukewarm chai on a train and brush my teeth with tap water. I also took Dukorol although I had no idea it protects from travellers diarrhea so that must have been it. Besdt 40 euro I spent!
Wednesday 15 June, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Great advice. The manufacturer claims it’s efficacious against traveller’s diarrhea.
http://www.crucell.com/Products/Dukoral
Wednesday 15 June, 2011 at 8:58 pm
LOL! “homeopathy, also known as water”. I’m sure you’ve seen this but it never fails to amuse me… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVV3QQ3wjC8
Thursday 16 June, 2011 at 8:19 pm
I’d forgotten about that sketch. Hilarious!
Thursday 16 June, 2011 at 11:31 pm
I hadn’t heard about the cholera vaccine but when I have travelled in the past and had to take a malaria prophylaxis I always chose doxycycline, which has the added benefit of being one of the treatments of choice for E. coli as well as a number of other nasty bugs.
Monday 18 July, 2011 at 1:41 am
hope u enjoyed ur travels! my husband is indian and im part indian (my great grandmum). we plan to go back ourselves, n i knew about meds but not in details…gotta agree…there r some things homeopathic is good for, and others when you’re just being a fool.