Originally Posted by
mkjr
Originally Posted by
FindAWay
I'm curious about your point/intentions with the bolded language in your post. Would you not recommend someone close their mouth in the shower because doing so probably matters only a few out of hundreds of showers? One should take a cumulative approach that fits best for them - each thing someone does can incrementally improve their chances to avoid sickness...no one thing covers everything that may cause sickness. Others covered many things before I posted. I simply added another potential precaution that one can choose (or choose not) to look into for themselves.
whoa nellie...don't get all defensive.
i agree with you. i would consider taking what you took if i go back...
Glad to hear it. ^
Originally Posted by
mkjr
my point was, delhi belly refers to symptoms of which those symptoms could be caused by many different things....actually, hundreds!
It does not refer to one thing.
food borne and water borne illness can be viral and bacterial and there are hundreds things that cause them....again, hundreds!
Exactly my point too...which is why I inquired as to your language that was written in specific response to one suggestion but truly applies to pretty much every precaution one can take.
Originally Posted by
mkjr
all i pointed out was that what you took helped to deal with but a very small portion of the things that can cause delhi belly symptoms (vomiting, diarrhea etc.)...in fact, it seems to only help with e-coli....it will not help, with for example, salmonella. another issue of what could cause delhi belly symptoms.
so yes, closing your mouth could prevent you from getting other bugs in the water and taking your pill would do nothing unless is was what your pill was indicated for just like taking the DUKORAL vaccine, which, as i understand, is only 60% effective against one of the e-coli strains that could cause TD. but it does protect against cholera...something the pill you took would not.
Exactly - a cumulative approach comprised of many precautions targetted at different risks is likely best. Taking this one medication was only one precaution of many that I undertook.
Originally Posted by
mkjr
dude we are on the same page.
I agree - I think we're just talking "past" each other.
To help keep the thread on topic, I will add that my travel clinic also prescribed me Azithromycin instead of Cipro to take if problems occurred (I didn't take any) - I've always gotten Cipro before.