Traveller's D.

[KristineH]

Hi everyone, I'm new to this board...

I'm a celiac, and I went on holidays for a week to the Dominican. My diet wasn't much different than usual, but at the end I got a really bad case of Traveller's D. Everyone around me had the same thing but it ended up going away after a couple of days. Today is my 6th day with it and it's not getting much better - soo tired and still running to the bathroom a couple times a day. Does anyone know if this could be related to my celiac disease? I'm guessing it probably is. Has anyone experienced this, and/or does anyone have any ideas on how to improve my symptoms? I went to the doctor and I'm still waiting for test results, but I don't think they will tell me much anyway.

Thanks!!

[Jestgar]

It could be sorta related. Since "traveller's D" is just colonizing your intestine with bacteria that you aren't used to, your gut could be more sensitive to the change.

On the other hand, you could have picked up a different bug than your friends did and it's taking longer to recover from.

[ElseB]

I find that it always takes me longer to recover from illnesses. Last March my husband and I both got the stomach flu. He had diarrhea for one day, and was just tired for another day. I vomited for 8 hours straight for one day, and then had diarrhea for another 4, and then general malaise for another week. Same virus, only difference is that I'm Celiac and he's not....