Traveler’s Diarrhea and The Gastro-Selective Antibiotic

Watery stool or diarrhea occurs as a common symptom of any GIT disturbance. It signifies many underlying conditions, including IBS, SIBO, etc. However, traveler’s diarrhea is an infectious condition. Mild diarrhea gets cured by itself, but long–term infection needs an antibiotic treatment.

What is Traveler’s Diarrhea?

It is a common condition that occurs when you ingest contaminated food or water while traveling from one place to another.

Traveler’s Diarrhea Symptoms-

• • Diarrhea
• • Abdominal Cramps and Bloating
• • Nausea
• • Vomiting
• • Urgency to defecate

Severe Symptoms

• • High fever
• • Dehydration
• • Stomach pain
• • Rectal pain
• • Blood in the stool
• • Continuous vomiting

Causes of Traveler’s Diarrhea

Various infections caused by bacteria, protozoa, or viruses lead to stomach upset, causing GIT distress.

• Food – Eating uncooked food, unwashed or unpeeled fruits.
• Water – Drinking untreated water from taps.
• Other reasons – Unwashed hands, contaminated food at restaurants, street food, etc.

Risk Factors for Developing Diarrhea

• • Young Adults – It is common in young people with low levels of acquired immunity, and they are less cautious about using things.
• • Weakened Immune System – People having chronic diseases or who take medications that suppress the immune system it increases vulnerable to infections.
• • Medical Conditions – Underlying conditions like diabetes, heart issues, etc., that lower immunity, and gastric conditions like IBS, all of them increase the risk of infection.
• • Travel in Moist Climates – Travel during the hot season or during the monsoon increases the risk of infection. The germs survive well in hot, humid conditions.
• • Use of Medications – The long–term use of antacids or acid blockers makes the stomach PH acidic enough for germs to survive.

Steps to Prevent an Infection-

• • Washing hands regularly
• • Eating freshly cooked meals
• • Unpeeled fruits and raw salads
• • Use purified water for ingestion.
• • Maintain Hydration
• • Avoid raw or uncooked meat or fish
• • Avoid stale foods
• • Avoid ice made from tap water.

What to do in Diarrhea?

Dehydration – It is the most crucial condition developed by persistent watery stools. The severe loss of electrolytes leads to an imbalance and affects various internal organs.

• • Drink electrolyte-based fluids.
• • Avoid a high fiber or fat diet.
• • Use an OTC antidiarrheal.

If the diarrhea persists longer, it may need further medications.

The best Antibiotic Used for Gastrointestinal Infections

Rifaxigem (Rifaximine) – It is a broad-spectrum- spectrum antibiotic, used against many types of bacteria that cause infections in the stomach. It is widely used to treat E.Coli infections, SIBO, IBS with diarrhea, and hepatic encephalopathy.

Benefits of Rifaxigem

• • Due to local action, it has low systemic absorption.
• • Broad scale of activity
• • It does not affect the gut flora
• • Better tolerated
• • Low risk of antibiotic resistance

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