Prevention of gastrointestinal infections in India

kristinm

I'm pretty sure that's what they were ... curd.. its yoghurt I think, maybe not, tasted like it though - like a kind of thin yoghurt...

Anyone??? Anyway - definitely safe. Most things are safe - just apply the same commonsense you would in London.. would you eat in the smart looking caff which no-one ever goes to except a couple of tourists, or the packed out local which might look a bit more worn around the edges.. its about turnover and freshness basically isn't it?

If you like the look of street food and the stall is busy, you can always ask them to cook you something fresh rather than take it off the cooked pile, or even drop it in the oil just to kill whatever might have landed on it in the meantime..

The thing is, as there is nowhere in India without crowds of people, and Indians always seem to be eating, following the crowd is pretty safe I reckon!

novice1000

thanks!! Kristinm, you have been very helpful.

if anyone can let me know about the best antibiotics that'd be great. Probably take doxyc for the mosqs anyway.

Nick-H

curd is yoghurt.

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gqsmoothie

I was thinking of trying this, any thoughts fellow IMers?

http://www.1-800homeopathy.com/produ...to pic=travel

wonderwomanusa

Curd is a sort of yoghurt. My body doesn't tolerate it, but you may be fine with it.

I wouldn't automatically start taking Cipro for a bad tummy, but if you do take it, be sure to take a full course of it, don't just stop after two pills. That's how bugs become resistant to antibiotics. (I wouldn't dream of taking it; it gives me the runs, so how could I expect it to cure them?)

Chest and sinus infections are common for travellers in India. I always get a cold when I land it Delhi, for example. And most cities have the sort of smog that Loa Angeles did away with in the 70s -- so thick that there are days you can't see the sun. Of course your body is going to react to that!

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obione980

.Homeopathy is ineffectual.

machadinha

Oh boy... hadn't the whole homeopathy debate just raged here? homeopathic medicine

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Nick-H

Yes, I think so.

Let it not rage again here!

Bombay_Bill

Curd is what we call yoghurt in the West.

Same stuff made the same way. The stuff in the West is made from higher quality milk and a slightly different bacteria so it's not as thick and tastes slightly more intense.

dzibead

Weeelll ... it's also about things like whether the guy uses the same rag to wipe your bowl and to wipe the counter. I think there's a bit more involved than just turnover and freshness.

kristinm

Well that's true too - but then that's where you take a leap of faith and follow the crowds hoping the locals know which stalls are the cleanest...

kunzag

Hi guys!

I don't care what anyone thinks about homeopathy, but it worked for us. We had no vaccination, nothing, just a list of homeo remedies, and actually I can program any vibe into the energyfield of anyone. So I did. For hepa, for malaria. For a group of 10. So we dind't even take the sugar balls.
When some of us faced the problem of needing a toilette in a hurry, I gave them veratrum -d12 ( it is for rice like, watery poo) and it stopped in 5 minutes. Even who suffered for more than a week, got better in minutes, when I gave it to him.
podophyllum d12- is an other for diarrhea.
Use it if you feel ok about it, don't if you don't, I dont care about the negative comments.


Ps: If anyone knows the Abraham teachings: they say it is not about the action (what remedy you take, which doctor or guru you go to) but to use any excuse to let the wellbeing in.

kristinm

I know - I felt very bad not taking the full course of the antibiotics....Like I said - a very bad example!!!!!. But it worked like a charm in each case!

I knew what to expect in terms of the runs and thrush if I did, but really I just put it down to the fact that I was travelling and wanted to enjoy the experience then and there.. It would have been the first antibiotics any of us had taken for oh, 5 or 6 years... but that's no excuse I know... I didn't dare confess to my GP when I came home!

skk

ref base post and more:

Will Greek yoghurt do the job in terms of increasing the "good" bacterial content. Alternately, I watched my mom make yoghurt by seeding milk with some existing yoghurt - will making my own yoghurt help ? Third, I have access to microbiologists - what could one ask for from them ?

I'm definitely gonna take some sanitizer stuff with me when I visit India - I always use it - its available even as I enter a supermarket here and during my recent sojourn at a hospital I watched the nurses continually use it. I'm not as sturdy as I was, say 30 years ago, so something simple like this could prevent a LOT of headaches for me.

-skk

wonderwomanusa

I believe that using sanitizer all the time leaves your immune system compromised about defending you against ordinary germs. Soap and water works very well, and every Indian restaurant has a hand-washing facility, though you may want to use your own bandana to dry your hands.

I will carry some sanitizer, but will only use it as I do here -- if I want to eat something while on a bus or somewhere that I can't first wash my hands.