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Anonymous
Hey /trv/

For once a thread that hasn't been here. I think.

I just got to another country in a completely different timezone than the one I'm used to. I didn't sleep on the flight and it took me an awful long time to get to my accomodation afterwards. So after staying awake for 30 hours I didn't eat anything after breakfast yesterday.

Today I had a rather small breakfast and then went around the city, ate some (foreign!) food when I got really hungry, but somehow my stomach didn't put up with it that well.

So since then I've been feeling sick and still hungry - I ate some toast right now, to settle down my stomach, but somehow I still feel fucked up. Both through jetlag and my stomach.

What does /trv/ suggest I should do to fix my stomach? Got no meds with me, btw.
>> Anonymous
depends. if it's a warm country, get some mineral water, and mix in lemon juice and salt. you might be lacking minerals.
>> Anonymous
montezuma's revenge?
brace yourself for you could be expelling fluids out of every orifice in a few hours.
if you think this may happen, you need to get your hands on some ELECTROLYTES now before it starts. this means either gatorade or pedialyte. should this happen and you don't have any electrolyte-rich drinks DO NOT drink plain water. instead boil 1 liter (1 quart) of water. after it cools enough to drink mix in 2 tablespoons of sugar or honey, 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 baking soda. if you don't have baking soda add another 1/4 teaspoon of salt instead. drink this for as long as you're throwing up (and after you stop too). if you get tired of making this concoction, interchange it with sweet (CLEAR) drinks like kool-aid or apple juice, but don't stop making it altogether.
24 hours after you stop vomiting start eating SIMPLE carbs, that is white bread, pasta, potatoes, bananas, rice, in order to stop the diarrhea.
if it doesn't go that far i'd say just eat simple carbs and drink pre-packaged sweet clear drinks. don't drink unboiled water unless it comes from a bottle.
>> Anonymous
>>30103

I thought kinda the same thing. Bought some mineral water before I got back home.

I suppose I'll try to find something more normal to eat (at least normal for me) and not octopus.
>> Anonymous
>>30104
>if it doesn't go that far
if it doesn't go beyond a stomach ache i mean.
>> Anonymous
>>30107

I hope it's not a real infection and is more of a side effect from not eating for too long and then eating weird stuff while already being a bit sick from hunger.
>> Anonymous
>>30108
yeah sometimes eating after not eating for extended periods of time can cause a mild stomach ache. but yeah it probably would have been better if you had eaten something easy to digest first.
>> Anonymous
>What does /trv/ suggest I should do to fix my stomach? Got no meds with me, btw.
Was going to appropriately suggest Vicodine, otherwise.
>> Anonymous
>>30124
or inappropriately peptobismol or laxatives.
you should NEVER take those if you think you may have food poisoning. they will only make things worse.
>> Anonymous
>>30133
strange I have heard some travelers swear by it as a means to clan out the system. I genuinely don't know, what would make them so bad?
>> Anonymous
>>30136
because diarrhea, vomiting and general dehydration is your body's natural response to the infection. taking peptobismol may stop or interfere with the diarrhea and vomiting which is not desirable as you want to clean yourself of the infection. laxatives, apparently, also disrupt this process, and seeing as your system is already cleaning itself out, you don't really need them anyway. doing things the natural way is often times the best way.