In Reply to: BALI BELLY REMEDY posted by BAZZ on Wednesday, 8. June 2005 at 23:05 Bali Time:
Husband came back from Asia with bad case of gastro last month.
Gave him the charcoal tablets we'd bought there against any bouts. Didn't help at all with cramps or getting better. He went to the doctor after 7 days. Doctor prescribed anti biotics. That worked.
Son had gastro 4 days after we arrived home. (He'd stayed in Australia)Gave him charcoal tablets, didn't work. Had gastro for 2 days all up. Saw doctor on second day and was prescribed Imodium. Fairly immediate result.
I got gastro 3 days after we arrived home. Mine varied in that I was
also violently throwing up. Took charcoal tablets and was over the gastro within 24 hours of it's onset.
Doctor says unlikely the gastro was contagious. Hmmmm.