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What is Travellers Diarrhoea?

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What is Travellers Diarrhoea?

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Traveller’s Diarrhoea is the term used to describe the diarrhoea that strikes international travellers from countries with good hygiene to countries that have poor public sanitation and hygiene. It is caused by infection with one of a number of bacteria, protozoa or viruses that are ingested by eating food or drinking water that has been contaminated by stool. It is an unfortunate aspect of holiday complaints, that all too often, the label of TD or viral infection is attached to mass illness. By jumping to such a quick conclusion, the true cause of the illness remains undiscovered. Ill holidaymakers often arrive back in the UK, returning to their field of work, in some cases extending the field of contamination. What is Dysentery? Dysentery is a more severe form of diarrhoea in which white cells and mucus – and occasionally blood – appear in the stool. It usually includes cramps and fever. Dysentery should not be thought of as a separate disease, but simply one end of the spectrum of d

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