Sickness On Holiday

[mintymow]

Our Son quite often has sickness when he is on holiday, for a day or so. Perfectly ok at home. He's always careful but likes to try the local foods within reason. Anyone else have experience of this.

[murraymints]

change of diet and water does it for me , especially if on med

[dannyk13]

Mediterranean or medication Minty?

[murraymints]

mediterranean Danny ! tee hee...

[dannyk13]

:-)

[Sqad]

How old is your son.......5yrs or 35 years old?

[mintymow]

Hi Sqad he is 35. He and his wife are in Valencia at the moment. They have eaten the same with the exception of a almond milk drink.

[Sqad]

Thanks minty....I must say that I agree with the lovely minty, that it is a dietary problem and should settle, even without treatment, within 48hours.

[Prudie]

Change of water often does it to me. Is he really careful with the things you don't always think about - teeth cleaning, ice in drinks etc. In UK I think bottled water is a huge con but I use it for everything abroad even if the tap water is deemed safe.

[Sqad]

Prudie, I don't understand, why is bottled water a "con" in the UK, but not a "con" in the rest of Europe?

Clearly you are not saying that sterilisation in water works in Europe is inferior to that in the UK.....

A sort of the NHS is better than health care anywhere else...sort of thing.

[Prudie]

"Clearly you are not saying that sterilisation in water works in Europe is inferior to that in the UK....." well actually I think I am saying that. I'm saying tap water in UK is perfectly safe to drink everywhere, I don't get the 'tastes awful' brigade but that's me. I'd never drink the tap water in Menorca.

[Sqad]

OK^^^^

UK Water Works.......the envy of the world......;-)

[Prudie]

Well at least their not smelly :-) I don't expect you've experienced Spanish holiday apartments with their smelly showers, sinks and drains much darling.

[Peter Pedant]

tee dee
has no one here heard of travellers diarrhoea ?

NEJM got doctors to send in tissue paper they had wiped their bottoms with and established 1976 that is that it was toxigenic E Coli

Now it is said to the liddle viruses you get in water supply ( Day 5 for me ) and no unless you really stick to it, bottled water wont work ( usual tap water gets in the sides in the sense of uncooked food etc )

eg in Egypt the ice for your drinks is made from local Nile water ....

erm and yes I used to get it when I went to London on a monthly basis that I persuaded my employer to count my bottled water as relevant expenses

and as for purity of tap water - yes I was told not to drink Naples tap water when I was there as it was low quality - by the Italians. Then when I puked everywhere they asked - didja clean your teeth in tap water ?

different experiences different opinions

[Peter Pedant]

Tap water in Granada is OK as it comes straight from the Sierra Nevada innit ?

I woldnt like to say who pees in it before you drink it in Madree'

[Sqad]

LOL...no, you are correct, i do not mix with those sort of .."people"...who come abroad and "holiday" in such dwellings.
The showers, drains and sinks are fine until they are made "smelly" but the temporary incumbents.

[Peter Pedant]

and how come I know

aqua non potabile is the Italian dont drink this baby poison ! if the product has been personally passed by his holiness himself ?

[Cloverjo]

I often lose my appetite for the first few days of a holiday. Nothing to worry about, IMHO.
I've been to Menorca, but can't remember what the tap water tasted like. I Don't remember buying bottled water to avoid it though.

[rsvp]

Sugget your son gets hold of some locally produced yoghurt on arrival and eats some daily - always worked for me and in some very 'backward' parts of the world.

[ummmm]

I'm often ill when I go abroad for the first few days but I blame the travelling.

[Peter Pedant]

// they are made "smelly" but the temporary incumbents.//

oh god blame the patients again ....

last year leaf clearing my drains I accessed next doors sewer
o god the smell ( it was all her fault ) and I wasnt wearing my mazie's
(gets under the finger nails )