Eating in restaurants is the biggest risk factor for contracting traveller's diarrhoea.

Traveller's diarrhoea can quickly lead to dehydration and result in inadequate blood flow to the placenta.

Travelan is a commercially available medicinal product used to prevent traveller's diarrhoea.

In most cases, traveller's diarrhoea is caused by a bacteria (there are numerous potential culprits), and therefore responds promptly to treatment with antibiotics.

Traveler's diarrhea or traveller's diarrhoea (TD) is the most common illness affecting travelers.

In addition to these, it is recommended that travellers receive medication for traveller's diarrhoea because of the risk of water-borne pathogens.

Giardiasis might cause only a short-lived bout of typical traveller's diarrhoea, but may cause persistent diarrhoea.

Self-treatment may be appropriate if your problem is minor (eg traveller's diarrhoea), you are carrying the relevant medication and you cannot attend a clinic.

It has been used for many years in traveller's diarrhoea, as a colostomy deodoriser, and as an antispirochetal agent in syphilis.

Traveller's diarrhoea is by far the most common problem affecting travellers - between 30% and 50% of people will suffer from it within two weeks of starting their trip.

When I got home, I visited my GP, and she said that I had a bad case of traveller's diarrhoea.

Multiple studies suggest the use of H receptor antagonists such as raniditine may increase the risk of infectious diarrhoea, including traveller's diarrhoea and salmonellosis.

Certain strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli ), for example are responsible for causing 'Traveller's Diarrhoea'.

It also appears to be a cause of traveller's diarrhoea in early childhood, as reported in older children and adults, and to be associated with chronic diarrhoea in such circumstances.

Fluoroquinolones, such as sparfloxacin, of loxacin and ciprofloxacin, are increasingly prescribed in severe cases of traveller's diarrhoea, and have been associated with severe reactions in mefloquine users.

Traveller's diarrhoea is defined as the passage of more than three watery bowel-actions within 24 hours, plus at least one other symptom such as fever, cramps, nausea, vomiting or feeling generally unwell.

Less easy for (and possibly of less interest to) preclinical staff is dealing with a case study for the new pathway; such a case might start with the pharmacology of tetracyclines, pass through their therapeutic use in general, and end on a debate about whether oxytetracycline should be used as prophylaxis for traveller's diarrhoea in Mexico.