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Dieta para la diarrea del viajero - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Dieta para la diarrea del viajero; Dieta para la diarrea del turista

Definición:

La diarrea del viajero es la presencia de heces sueltas y acuosas. Las personas pueden contraer la diarrea del viajero cuando visitan lugares en donde el agua no es limpia o no hay una manipulación segura de los alimentos. Esto puede abarcar países del tercer mundo o en desarrollo en Latinoamérica, África, Medio Oriente y Asia.

Este artículo describe lo que usted debe comer o beber si tiene diarrea del viajero.

Ver también: diarrea

Funciones:

Las bacterias y otras sustancias en el agua y en los alimentos pueden causar la diarrea del viajero. Las personas que habitan estas áreas por lo general no se enferman porque sus cuerpos están acostumbrados a las bacterias.

Usted puede disminuir el riesgo de desarrollar la diarrea del viajero evitando el consumo de agua, hielo y alimentos que puedan estar contaminados. El objetivo de la dieta para la diarrea del viajero es hacer que sus síntomas mejoren y evitar que usted resulte deshidratado.

  • Reviewed last on: 2/7/2011
  • George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Arguin P. Approach to the patient before and after travel. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Textbook of Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 308.

Hill DR, Ericsson CD, Pearson RD, et al. The practice of travel medicine: guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2006;43:1499-1539.

Ericsson CD. Travel medicine. In: Auerbach PS, ed. Wilderness Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 77.

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