• J Midwifery Womens Health · May 2008

    Review

    Traveler's diarrhea: an update on prevention and treatment.

    • Lori A Spies.
    • Baylor University, Louise Herrington School of Nursing, 3700 Worth St., Dallas, TX 75246, USA. Lori_Spies@Baylor.edu
    • J Midwifery Womens Health. 2008 May 1; 53 (3): 251-4.

    AbstractTraveler's diarrhea is a condition that disrupts work and vacation, and affects many women traveling from developed countries to developing countries. Specific food and hygiene education may help to decrease the occurrence of this common food and water-borne gastrointestinal infection. Probiotics rather than antibiotics are now among the recommendations for the prophylaxis of traveler's diarrhea. Treatment for traveler's diarrhea in mild cases may involve simply maintaining hydration. In moderate cases that disrupt the travel itinerary antibiotics and antimotility agents can be used.

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