[pct-l] Giardia question

[Hernandez]

Drink bottled water or soft drinks, and never, never eat or drink anything
with ice in it, iced tea, drinks "on the rocks," popsicles, or anything
else. If you're stuck without bottled water, boil your water or use some
sort of water purifier. NO exceptions.

Eat where the locals eat and avoid salads (they're washed and irrigated with
water, after all, and may carry nasties). Don't drink raw milk.  My son made
that mistake (wanted to please Grandma) and came back with a positive TB
test (it's bovine TB, and humans can't catch it, but the State insisted that
he take meds for a year. Those meds can cause serious liver problems.)
Besides, your test stays positive!

Moonbeam 

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Carol Whitehouse
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 12:43 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Giardia question


Yikes! Going to be on south america for 3 weeks next month.  Should I bring
along some flagyl?  Any further recomendations for prevention?  Can't Quit
Sent from my iPhone
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