Getting Sick.,casa Del Mar.

ROSEYROSE2000 · #1 03-01-2002, 05:32 PM

WE ARE GOING TO CASA DEL MAR IN MAY.2002, CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THEY GOT SICK?? I HEARD THAT PEOPLE GET REAL SICK WHEN GOING TO DR. SHOULD WE STAY AWAY FROM ANY CERTAIN FOODS? CAN ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT CASA DEL MAR? ROOMS,FOOD,KIDS ACTIVITIES ETC??? THANKS

Dolores · #2 03-01-2002, 05:35 PM

Read our Travel Health Page and reduce to a minimum the possibility of your getting sick on your vacation here.

http://dr1.com/travel/prepare/health.shtml

jeanette · #3 03-01-2002, 06:15 PM

there was a long discussion on debbiesdominicantravel.com. about getting sick and staying healthy.
Go to the bulletin board and click on questions.
Do not drink the water, or brush your teeth with it. Very important. If you drink a lot of coconut milk you will spend more time in the bathroom. Bring pepto bismol and take 1 every day. If you start to get the runs, take immodium.
There are reviews on that website for your hotel. It sounds nice. Post a review when you get back.

bichondad · #4 03-01-2002, 07:34 PM

Rosey,

Read the link Delores posted. Notice that it's all common sense.

Fear "of getting sick" can ruin your vacation.

Forget the Pepto Bismol. It can mask the signs if bleeding since it turns your stool black!

IMMODIUM!! It's like the AMEX card......"Don't leave home without it". Keep it in your purse, glove comptartment, and luggage.

ArJay · #5 03-01-2002, 11:28 PM

ArJay · #6 03-01-2002, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by John, El único
" I HEARD THAT PEOPLE GET REAL SICK WHEN GOING TO DR"
Why don't you just stay home getting fat in McDonalds instead getting sick in DR?

Why don't you stay in the open forum with your gratuitously slanderous comment.

RoseyRose, Just don't don't drink or brush with the water. Watch the other fresh local fruits you injest and you'll do fine. BTW if you turn off the caps lock, you won't sound hysterical.

jjsk · #7 03-01-2002, 11:52 PM

I dunno, I find when I have a simple case of "traveller's stomach" that taking immodium sometimes creates a worse situation than simply being "overly-regular"; it stops everything up and creates nasty stomach cramps. If it's just a matter of having to go a few extra times a day, I'd live with the inconvenience and let nature take its course.

_{Just my $0.02 (and I'm not an MD).}

SUN_RA · #8 03-02-2002, 12:42 AM

Estos Pendejos siempre hablan de " Si me hoy a enfermar en RD". Que Carajos, a ellos nadie los manda a buscar. Si quieren venir que vengan y sino, que no vengan 'na.

You people always talk about getting sick in Dr. As with any other country, when you travel, you take a chance with the change in climate and other natural events. " If you want to come, you're, if not just the same". What if I go to your country, can you guarantee me that I won't get sick?. Like John said, eat your MQD's and get fat.

VIVA LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA, CARAJO!!!!!!!!

PJT · #9 03-02-2002, 01:17 AM

JJSK, I pray your remedy will continue to serve you.

Travelers stomach can cause enormous loss of water and that among other things lowers the electrolite levels in the body. The result of this can cause irregular heartbeat and sometimes results in death, especially in the elderly.

Above all, anyone suffering with travelers stomach please keep yourself hydrated and do take medication to ease the symptoms. If it persists see a doctor.

My wife and I had the unpleasant experience a few years back when we were traveling in Morocco. A traveling companion had come down with travelers stomach and like a trooper suffered through it silently for days figuring it would cure itself. Well, our friend collapsed with an elevated heart beat and severe dehydration. The tour guide insisted it was a only a case of travelers stomach and our friend would be OK. My wife, a nurse, demanded that our friend be taken to the nearest hospital pronto. We made an emergency trip to Rabat to obtain medical care, fortunately we were in time. The doctors treating him said, had we not sought medical help, he surely would have had a heart attack. He was given fluids and meds and some overnight TLC. Made a new man of him. We were happy and relieved. Regards, PJT

drbrazeau · #10 03-02-2002, 02:17 AM

We used to live in the DR and we go there frequently to help with medical teams. From the public health viewpoint, even the Dominicans suffer from gastro-intestinal infection and infestation. A big problem is the way that water is stored and delivered, in poor aqueducts and then in underground cisterns with no means of protection from contamination. Contaminated water will contain bacteria, parasites like amoeba and girardia and worms.

Precautions are found in the websites for travellers. Buy bottled water, stick to good eating establishments to be sure dishes are washed and dried well, etc., and be sure any ice is from commercial bags. Don't open your mouth in the shower. Our last trip: no one on the team became ill.

Breakfast Buffets -- get there early in the morning to avoid fly-contamination over time. If you see flies on your food, don't eat it. People are afraid of cockroaches and not flies. Cockroaches just hang around your nice, clean kitchen. Flies go from the pit toilet to your fresh mango. Flies are nasty.

Try to get a RX for Cipro before leaving the states. If you get cramps, diarrhea etc. take one, twice a day, five days. In the DR, find a pill called albendazole, for worms, take one. We have never taken a worm pill and have not had the need.

At the beach, don't swim near any river outlet. These carry polluted water.