Malaria is the disease which mostly attacks travelers in such an area which is malaria-infested. When a person has an accident by automobile or by swimming, he gets wounds, if they don’t get proper care, catch diseases.
Diarrhea is such a disease which attacks a person when he uses unhygienic, contaminated food and impure water for drinking purpose. Everyone needs to be careful for drinking or eating, in case he is travelling through malaria infested areas in unhygienic conditions.
You must have to take keen precautions to save yourself. These precautions are not very different or out of the way. You just need to do the same care which you do at your home. If you get any wound while swimming or in any other activity then you need to clean it using some kind of antiseptic, as when the wound is not free of septic it will actively catches infections.
Malaria is a disease, whose basic reason is mosquitoes. So to protect yourself from malaria, you first need to save yourself from having interaction with mosquitoes. You need to have some simple and quick precautions.
1. TRAVELLER'S DIARRHEA
Most of the diseases relating to intestines are caused by intake through mouth and hands. little care to save yourself from all these illnesses is needed. Some diseases like hepatitis A, typhoid fever, polio and cholera exist in countries where there is no hygiene. But still everyone can save his self.
When you travel through some place you will get a light or little dangerous type of traveler’s diarrhea. Although, traveler’s diarrhea doesn’t get stick to you for a long time, still it is sort of irritating. In addition, it is a big risk for your health and ruins your travel.
For the treatment of this disease, the first thing is to stop dehydration. The treatment for protecting yourself from the upcoming symptoms is really necessary so that the number of bowel movements can be reduced and so the other symptoms like fever, vomiting and stomach cramps won’t irritate you. In some cases, there comes a serious stage of diarrhea, which it needs a treatment with antibiotics, or the hospitalization is needed or replacement of fluid becomes compulsory and can’t be ignored.
The main reasons for getting caught in this disease are:
-Raw vegetables and fruits, which you didn’t peel off by yourself and ate
-use of the dairy products which are uncooked or unpasteurized
-use of improperly cooked sea food and meat causes Hepatitis A
-use of “local meals” which are not usually fresh and smell stale
-use of ice cream which is being purchased from the street merchants instead the industrial ice which come from deep-freeze is comparatively hygienic
You just need to take some primary measures to have your trip a successful one. You can’t save yourself from traveler’s diarrhea totally, as it’s impossible because the precautions for saving yourself from traveler’s diarrhea are not possible to be followed all the time.
But if you want to reduce the danger for getting caught by this disease, you must need to follow these measures for not contacting diarrhea. Wash your hands properly before taking anything and try not to eat to have a nice trip.
It is considerably important to sterilize water before drinking. It is not possible to fully disinfect water but a little sterilization can reduce the risk for the contamination to a great extant and safeguards your health while travelling.
The serving of meals must be at the time when they are hot. Another thing to consider is the place where you are going to eat. If you are eating from a stall then you will be inviting a greater risk. But if you are eating from a restaurant it would be comparatively hygienic. But avoid it even if the place is having a great number of insects.
You need not to use tap water and ice-cubes. Try to use bottled water and soft drinks as they are safe. Don’t use those bottle caps which are used before.
-It is very effective to use boiled water.
-Chemically disinfect the water by chlorine drops (e.g. Hadex, Drinkwell chloor; available in sport shops specialized in outdoor activities) or chlorine tablets (Certisil Combina; chloramine tablets; available at the pharmacy). You need to first filter the water to get a better effect. Silver salts (Micropur, Certisil Argento) are not much good but they have an advantage that they keep the water disinfected for a long time.
The travelers who travel for adventure needs to buy a portable filter for their health to get not affected by the impurities and germs in water. It is not get appreciation to use the antibiotics before having any attack of any disease rather it would be hazardous to health. Don’t use any preventive medications.
Treatment of diarrhea
To prevent dehydration, liquid and salt must be used. Lemon tea, broth, soft drinks or fruit juice mixed with salt crackers (ORS-solution) are good.
Indication of Antibiotics:
Anti-diarrhea solution helps lowering the bowel movements. Imodium can only be given to adults or big children for treatment of watery diarrhea. The maximum 4 capsules with each after a loose movement is allowed.
1. If there is mucus, blood or pus exist in the stools.
2. In 24-48 hours, no improvement is seen or there is fever or bad intestinal cramps or the number of stools is more than 6 per 24 hours.
3. Antibiotics are strictly prohibited unless prescribed by the doctor. If you are travelling, quicker solution can be given immediately.
Surely you will be finding this article most helpful and informative. If you will be keeping yourself updated with these sort of medical related information, you will no doubt be able to keep yourself and your surroundings, health and prosperous. Enjoy your holidays and remain healthy and safe.
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