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Stomach bug in Leon

Echard

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October 2024
Hello, I’ll be in Leon tomorrow and need to know what’s the best way to get a stomach bug treated. I’m an American btw. Thanks!
 
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Echard said:
Hello, I’ll be in Leon tomorrow and need to know what’s the best way to get a stomach bug treated. I’m an American btw. Thanks!
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Sorry to hear. Hope it improves and that you are able to have a private room for some comfort.
My first advise would be a pharmacy. Highly educated staff. They can provide you some medication or can send you to a clinic.
Then it will be best to go to a private clinic seeing they are better equipped dealing with the paperwork/ payments for non EU citizens.
 
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Well, you’re going to have to make a decision here.

If you want a definitive diagnosis, and you suspect it’s more than a transient digestive issue it’s likely to require a sample which will have to be cultured, reported on and prescribed. A centro de salud or any of the private hospitals will sort that. Expect four days.

Assuming you’re still walking thus far and you’ve just got the sh*ts, go to a farmacia - the bigger the better. There are lots in Leon. The trained staff there will give suitable advice which may include ‘go to a doctor’. Expect five minutes.
 
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J Willhaus said:
If you are an American and not an EU citizen, a private hospital can bill you. A public one can't. Some people have reported they were sent away from the public Centro de Salud.
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One of the few blessings of being a citizen of the EU: Health care is public and cheap and similar to at home. However, I always go with a travel insurance.
 
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