Hello Eu61 - sorry to hear you've had this nasty bug too. I found this site had useful information www.med.umich.edu /1libr/aha/ aha_gastroen_crs.htm.
I managed to control my symptoms with KAPTIN suspension (Kaolin & Light Pectin) but a friend with identical symptoms was prescribed Ercefuryl and Immodium. Hope u recover soon!
any dairy products, meats, or food containing fiber (obviously!) If you can, try drinking the formula that is used for balancing electolytes in babies who have stomach viruses. In the US its called Pedialyte. Tastes nasty but works.
Once you get the main "problem" to drastically slow down or stop, introduce these foods, in this order, but VERY SLOWLY:
Bananas
Rice
Applesauce
Toast(dry, no butter or jam)
Its called the BRAT diet and is used in hospitals to rectify Montezuma's revenge. They have a binding effect on the digestive tract.
You still need to see a doc if you are having problems, you might have contracted a parasite also. Those are common all over the world and are easily spread.
Good luck...been there, done that...
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Diet:
boiled potatoes
boiled white rice
banana
apple juice
and Seven Up (?????? - ok, he is the doctor, he is the boss).
Absolutely forbidden:
Milk and milky products (I was eating a lot of yogurth, it was the traditional remedy of my grandmother... maybe it was worse)
Vegetables
Meat
some pills, analisys to check if there are virus or whatever...
and lets see next week.
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Thanks for advices.
Ps.- It looks it is quite often over here, isnt it? I found more than one expat with same symptons in Doha Clinic.
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Hello Eu61 - sorry to hear you've had this nasty bug too. I found this site had useful information www.med.umich.edu /1libr/aha/ aha_gastroen_crs.htm.
I managed to control my symptoms with KAPTIN suspension (Kaolin & Light Pectin) but a friend with identical symptoms was prescribed Ercefuryl and Immodium. Hope u recover soon!
any dairy products, meats, or food containing fiber (obviously!) If you can, try drinking the formula that is used for balancing electolytes in babies who have stomach viruses. In the US its called Pedialyte. Tastes nasty but works.
Once you get the main "problem" to drastically slow down or stop, introduce these foods, in this order, but VERY SLOWLY:
Bananas
Rice
Applesauce
Toast(dry, no butter or jam)
Its called the BRAT diet and is used in hospitals to rectify Montezuma's revenge. They have a binding effect on the digestive tract.
You still need to see a doc if you are having problems, you might have contracted a parasite also. Those are common all over the world and are easily spread.
Good luck...been there, done that...
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try staying away from any soda or sugary drink, and drinking extra water and even gatoraide.
Get well!!!
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