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Low water levels would help concentrate any bugs in the water system that could potentially cause GI problems. I remember discussing this with my sister-in-law, a pediatrician in Catalonia, who was seeing a lot of patients with such problems one...
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HBS60 replied to the thread Stomach Bug on Meseta.Excellent point, sir!
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Without any particular justification beyond Spain being a modern, highly developed, country, I think you could trust the public health arrangements. What I suspect is that one cannot trust pilgrims. In many years of watching this topic when it...
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HBS60 replied to the thread Stomach Bug on Meseta.That’s probably what sent me down the Public Health rabbit hole. Somebody upthread mentioned something about a questionable fuente, so to me that alerts me to the possibility of a source of origin. Of course, it could be a combination of things...
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The part that still doesn’t add up for me is why it frequently seems to pop up in the same place - Carrion de los Condes or thereabouts?
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HBS60 replied to the thread Stomach Bug on Meseta.That’s expected. It does happen everywhere. Since i”m a newbie, I dont’ know how much of a problem it really is, which is why I have mentioned that I dont’ know how the Spanish healthcare system handles these things. I do know that being sick...
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HBS60 replied to the thread Stomach Bug on Meseta.To clarify: You are absolutely right that things like poor hygiene, aerosol spray, etc, can certainly spread GI infections, but that doesn’t explain the original source of infection. All the hygiene in the world is not going to prevent an...
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If you do get a GI infection, then make sure you keep hydrated. Proper oral rehydration salts if you can access them, otherwise a teaspoon of sugar and a pinch of salt in a glass of water in an emergency. It really seems to aid recovery (or...
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HBS60 replied to the thread Stomach Bug on Meseta.I’m not so sure about that, if the source was a single contaminated fuente, only those that drank from it would be sick, and I doubt that every single person would drink from the same fuente. Also, some people are more susceptible than others...
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HBS60 replied to the thread vodafone sim purchase.Thanks for the replies! I have an iPhone8 max and originally I was planning to buy a physical SIM card (my phone doesn’t have an eSIM capability). I was with Verizon and didn’t like their international $10/day “plan”, so recently I switched to...
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