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optical -

I've been here in suzhou(and china all together) for 3 days now and every single thing I have
eaten has made me feel sick, some things more than others. I've had everything from packaged dried
chips to cooked cafeteria food to instant noodles with boiled water, all make me sick, the last
one made me the most sick.

I am drinking a lot of bottled water and gatorade because I am sweating so much, and trying to
sleep as much as I can, but I keep getting sick! What is going on? Is this something that I just
have to deal with on my own or is there something I am doing, or is there medicine..?

I am really getting distressed... any help would be appreciated.



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CheukMo -

Try some acidophilus. That's what is used by gringos in Mexico for those symptoms. I hope this
helps.










adrianlondon -

Sounds like something gave you food poisoning. Might even have been something the day before you
arrived or on the flight (although that's unlikely considering the tests it all goes under).

Anyway, revel in the weight loss and it should cure utself within a couple more days. Drink lots
of water or weak tea, and if you get headaches (despite drinking lots of water) then eat something
salty.










Long Pan -

Better than Gatorade or even tea, I would drink a lot of water, 2 or 3 liters per day (mineral
water of course) + eat plain rice ("mifan"); avoid sauce & fruits.

In case you still do not feel good after another day, I would condider the option to go and see a
doctor. Try to see a foreign one if there is one around. Otherwise go for a Chinese one, most of
them are good (especially I guess in places like Suzhou), and some might speak English.

Let us know about how things are going










madizi -

Do you vomit or just feel uncomfortable in your stomach? Do you have fever? I don't wanna sound
like doctor (I'm not), but it would be helpful if you could provide us with more info.

If you have diarrhoea, then you should eat 粥 zhōu every day (it's rice porrige). It's should
also be effective with mild poisoning. But if your poisonig is serious, then you should see a
doctor immediately!










simonlaing -

Hi optical,

My Dad the traveling doctor, tells me that many countries food take a little while to get used to.
The reason is our stomach has certain bacteria that is used to eating certain kinds of food. Your
stomach is used to your home country food and when you travel to different continent it takes a
few days to about a week for the digestive bacteria in your stomach to adjust. (The bad news it is
will just be some time and you will be ok.)
Espicially vegetable type street food. Also getting a little diarhea in China is normal every once
in a while. Be glad you're not in Hunan where you have the possibility to get spicy diarhea .


Other advice would be to avoid street food (aka people who sell food cooked out of a stall) . Most
of the time they don't wash the wok between cooking and sometimes the vegetables aren't washed, as
the use of night soil is common on farms this can cause food posioning as well.
Decent looking restaurants and shops , that look very clean are usually a good bet.

One food that seems to satisfy the stomach of some of my western friends that couldn't eat many
types of Chinese food is dumplings, Shui jiao. If they are in a soup they are called huntun (won
ton soup ). These will be boiled quickly. Be wary of the fried dummplings as they can be oily.
Though this kind of fried dumpling isn't common so you don't have to worry much.

There are lots of Chinese and western medicine for stomach issues as well. You may want to think
of getting some medicine until your body adapts to the new kind of food.

have fun,
Simon
P.S. the Chinese often have similar issues eating Cheesy, and heavy foods when they come to the
west.










mr.stinky -

maybe this will help:

http://www. /showthread.php?t=17026

also a couple other useful products. the one on the right is a powder mixed into hot
water. i think it's a form of bentonite (clay used for drilling mud) that sucks up excess
liquid in all the right places, expands, and sorta plugs the leaks.

your expat insurance should have an in-country number you can call. they may advise
you not to take anything at first, just let it pass.










CheukMo -

The getting used to the bacteria in foods in other countries is part of what acidophilus corrects.
Acidophilos stabilizes the bacterial imbalance. If you can't find acidophilus, try to find yogurt,
it does a very similar thing.










heifeng -

Not to pick on the south, but in the more southern regions of China (Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou) my
classmates and I would often have more stomach problems than in the North...almost everyday
someone would have to stand up and run to the restroom in the middle of class or get sick..the hot
weather must make the bacteria in already questionably safe food multiply! Hopefully with your
adjustment to your new weather surroundings and cooling temperatures you'll get better soon!

Aside from medicine and rice, you may want to try 果冻...basically individually sealed bite
sized jello bits and crackers (not together though of course hehe). i would recommend taiping
brand plain crackers, or one of the western brands maybe.

If you are losing a ton of fluids...maybe a banana here and there...a can of sprite...ok wait this
sounds like a hangover remedy...

Hope you get better soon!

Disclaimer____
Yeah, I am also not a doctor...I am just giving recommendations based on my own slightly similar
experiences. However, if you are continually losing fluids for any more days and feeling really
weak you may just not want to chance it and really see a doctor!










madizi -



Quote:

Also getting a little diarhea in China is normal every once in a while. Be glad you're not in
Hunan where you have the possibility to get spicy diarhea .

Haha, yes. That's why I'm adapting slowly to spicy food. "Turbulent" experience 8 years ago in
Sichuan was enough.....

I have a question regarding this bacteria. Does this "Chinese" bacteria, once you get it inside
your stomach, stays there forever or does it go out when you're back in your home country? I'm
asking this because I have expected to have some troubles with my stomach after my arrival to
China (the last time I was in this area, was 5 years ago in Taiwan), but until now nothing
dramatical happened. I'm happy because of that, of course. But is there any possibility that all
sort of "cramps" will come later? I really would not like to run to a toilet in the middle of
teaching a class....












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