In Reply to: Bali Belly posted by Naomikate on Tuesday, 13. February 2007 at 14:49 Bali Time:
extrmely ill. The chances are you probably WONT get it. Use sensible precautions, wash your hands every time before you eat. Use Aquim gel heaps, be wary of buffets, and you'll be fine.
If you do get sick, then rehydrate, rehydrate, rehydrate is the go. Take some sachets with you. EVERY time you go to the toilet drink one ( They taste yukky!) Charcoal tablets (called 'Norrit' are cheap and readily available, and they DO help'. You can also buy a local medication known as 'entrostop' that helps to bind everything together.
MY warning about Immodium comes from personal experience. It's worth having for if you have to travel, for example. I honestly, wouldn't be a hurry to use it, as it's fine if you've got no bug with your diarrohea, but it's potentially very dangerous if you do happen to have a bug, as then you've trapped it within your body.
Don't stress to much, go and have a wonderful time.