Open AccessPrevention of travelers’ diarrhea in adults
Author(s) -
Dorota Ksiądzyna
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical science pulse
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-1620
pISSN - 2544-1558
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0003.4326
Subject(s) - hygiene , diarrhea , residence , medicine , environmental health , vaccination , destinations , limiting , disease , pediatrics , geography , demography , tourism , immunology , mechanical engineering , archaeology , pathology , sociology , engineering
Travellers’ diarrhoea is defined as a set of signs and symptoms caused by an acute gastrointestinal tract infection that affect people travelling outside their place of residence (usually abroad to the countries of lower hygiene standards, especially to the tropics and the subtropical regions). Africa, Central and South America as well as Asia are the highest-risk destinations. Travellers’ diarrhoea is believed to be the most frequent travel-related health problem. Despite of the fact that this is usually a mild and self-limiting medical condition, it may interfere with the individual defined travel-related objectives, for example relaxation or business. The aim of this review is to present the basic preventive methods of travellers’ diarrhoea in generally healthy adults such as adherence to hygiene recommendations, chemoprevention and vaccinations.