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By Vijay Koragappa Shetty

 Travelers diarrhea or TD occurs when a traveller has three or more unformed stools in 24 hours. This is accompanied by abdominal cramps, bloating and nausea. Escherichia coli is common in people suffering from TD. This could be due to contaminated food and water consumption. Travellers often suffer from this TD as they are not sure of how hygienic is the food they eat. He should always check for the expiry date before consuming any food and ensure that the mineral water is sealed properly and is of a good brand.

This diarrhea occurs within the first week of travel, but may occur at any time while traveling. In few cases it can happen after one returns back home from his trip.

Symptoms of TD are:

Symptoms of TD are diarrhea as the name implies, vomiting at times, abdominal cramps, experiences four to five loose or watery bowel movements each day, bloating, low fever, urgency and uneasiness. Dehydration is also common and one should not ignore this as it may lead to death in serious cases.

Eat plenty of natural yoghurt, soy milk and other fermented products which comprises of live Lactobacillus bacteria during your treatment. These bifido bacteria help to restore the stocks of friendly bacteria in the large intestine and gut. It thus fights the disease causing bacteria like salmonella and others. Diarrhea is caused due to bad bacteria such as Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia, Aeromonas, and Plesiomonas spp. Sometimes Cryptosporidium and Giardia lamblia may also be responsible for it.

Over the counter antimotility agents have been helpful in treating travelers’ diarrhea by decreasing the duration of diarrhea. However, these agents should never be used by travellers who are suffering from fever or bloody diarrhea, because they can increase the severity of disease by delaying clearance of causative organisms.

As travellers suffering from TD experience dehydration, oral rehydration therapy proves to be beneficial to replace lost fluids and electrolytes. There is a need for proper water quality management systems in hotels and resorts. Travellers should also take some safety measures when they travel to a foreign country. Always make sure that the water or food you consume is safe. Do not eat anything on the roadside, go to hotels which are hygienic. Drink plenty of water. Eat curds, but do not eat packed curds which are expired. Avoid salads and half cooked meat. Unpasteurised milk and seafood should be avoided. dairy products, mayonnaise and pastry icing consumption can increase the symptoms of TD. Therefore avoid it.

Vijay Koragappa Shetty, Expert author, platinum status. Find more information on: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Healthy Bacteria
Helps Boost Your Immune System

By Gyan K

 Boost your immune system with the help of probiotics. A person suffering from AIDS or is undergoing chemotherapy can consult a doctor to add healthy bacteria in his diet. This can be taken as part of your natural food products or can be had in the form of supplementary diet. It is present naturally in natural food products such as yoghurt or curds and other unfermented milk products too. These microbes are found in plenty in the fermented products like yoghurt and are also present in soy milk.

People still have a misconception that all bacteria are bad. Probiotics prove them wrong as these are healthy bacteria which are helpful in treating several health problems. It has been proved beneficial in treating travellers diarrhea, constipation, Irritable bowel syndrome, Crohns disease, other digestive related problems. In order to keep your body in a healthy condition human body acquires around 500 healthy bacteria in your digestive system. But these bacteria get destroyed due to unfavourable conditions present in humans digestive system. It could be consumption of highly acidic products, meat products and other alcoholic beverages. Food products like yoghurt, soy milk and other unfermented products have such friendly microbes known as probiotics in plenty. Always make sure that when you consume acidic products or other meat products add natural food products rich in probiotics in your meal. Certain drugs such as antibiotic tablets when consumed not only kill disease causing bacteria but they also kill friendly microbes in your body. Try and avoid antibodies as much as you can. Healthy microbes helps fight the disease causing bacteria and keeps you fit through out.

More and more people are becoming cognizant about their health and hence add fermented milk products rich in healthy microbes to their diet. It reduces yeast infection and fights against travellers diarrhea. Studies have shown that friendly bacteria facilitate with lactose & diarrhoea prejudice. In addition to the immune alleviating properties that they have, these bacteria also possess a number of other advantages. They have potential anti-oxidant properties which are very useful to the body. They also help in the breakdown of certain elements in the body to produce useful components which are essential in the build up of the body and also facilitate in the maintenance of proper levels of blood pressure and proper fat levels in the body. A probiotic supplement should be consumed with food. They also enhance immune function, treat yeast infection and other related infection.

Gyan K, Expert author, platinum status. Find more information on: Healthy Bacteria

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