<p>My DD just left for a 5 week trip to India on Tuesday. She will be studying Indian style dance. She has had undiagnosed stomach problems for years - which has been frustrating in itself. So, she arrives in India, after traveling 26 hours, and becomes ill right off the bat. She slept for awhile and is feeling better - we are conversing through facebook. She was able to keep down some toast. Just wanting to vent that is so hard, with her being sick and then not being able to talk to her - and being obviously so far away that I can’t realistically go get her even if I wanted to. The time difference makes it more difficult too. Hoping it all resolves itself. Hope it was just the result of all the traveling - she has some meds with her and she has not been drinking the water. I don’t think she even had the chance to eat anything once she got to India - unless it was something on the plane - who knows. Just wanting to share with other parents who probably understand.</p>
<p>Sorry to hear that. whenever we go to India to visit family, all of us except my mom (who grew up there) become sick on the second day of our vacation -. This time we had to stop on our way from airport to get anti nausea medications. Getting sick became part of our Indian vacations.
Ask her to drink sodas( less chance of contamination ) and hot tea/ coffee . Even bottled water can be iffy sometime .
Indian drug stores will provide you OTC for minor complaints .Hope she will get better</p>
<p>It is hard.
My younger daughter didn’t get ill when she was in India when she was 18, (although she picked up a skin condition that took a year after she returned to diagnose and resolve), but when she went to Costa Rica for a jungle research project after sophomore year she contracted a very bad ear infection.
Since they had to hike in and there were no roads, she would have had to be flown out- only it was raining too hard to do so. Her professor had a satellite phone that they used to contact me. Luckily they were able to control the pain through home remedies and she was treated at a local clinic with antibiotics when the weather broke. ( For free:))</p>
<p>I would imagine that a long plane ride impacts your digestion and excitement/ anxiety could give anyone a stomach ache. Changing diet can take your body a while to get used to also. Tell her to drink lots of coconut water to stay hydrated.</p>
<p>I can sympathize. While not a chronic condition, one of my d’s was just in Europe and got strep. She took herself to medical clinic where she was prescribed an antiobiotic. However she was apparently allergic to the antiobiotic or had a bad reaction which was worse than the strep itself. This was just before coming home so she stopped the medication and saw the ENT at home. He said the dosage that was prescribed was way too strong and wouldn’t likely have been prescribed here… but apparently she kept enough of it in her system to resolve the strep.</p>
<p>In college and beyond, I am always troubled when our kids were ill or doing poorly. Since they have chronic health conditions, which flare up, it happened way too often and they tend to wait to let me know only after they’re fully recovered because they don’t want me fretting. D is still not feeling great and will be leaving Sunday to go back to LA. She will have to pack and find a new place to live before the lease ends this month. </p>
<p>The doc thinks her chronic mono is flaring and I suspect her LA doc will have her get more B12 shots to help her along until she can be seen by the other specialist in October. I really hope she will get better answers in October! It has been a very long journey for her and we are all tiring.</p>
<p>My “worst” in our mental illness journey was when my son was hospitalized, 2,500 miles from home, on Mother’s Day. That sucked!</p>
<p>It is very very hard. S1 has a chronic condition that flares up randomly for no apparent reason and requires a four-day hospitalization. He’s had it twice now. Once DH went 'cause I couldn’t, and the second time we thought he didn’t need us but he really did. I’ve promised him that if this happens again, I’ll be on the next plane.</p>
<p>Yea, for a hospitalization, I’d try to drop everything and get to the hospital if my loved one was there, plus try to stay a few days after release to help with the transition. It’s hard because often our loved ones won’t tell us the full extent of the problem or their needs until later. They try to handle things on their own and “tough things out.” I think D is dreading going to LA and having to move her things and figure out where to live next. I know it’s something that has to be done but she has deferred thinking about all of this. I’m hoping moving won’t aggravate her health issues, but suspect it may. :(</p>
<p>I could have posted this myself…D2 is in Israel for the summer after a trip to Argentina and day trips to several other countries (a class via school) at the beginning of the summer and has become ill. She’s been to the ER 3 times and everything comes back negative. She has no history of illness and this is completely out of character. I’m so concerned and yet I’m limited in the way I can help.</p>
<p>So, to the OP, yes, I really, really do hate it and can commiserate with you completely 
I hope your D feels better very soon.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for all the kind words - just have been so worried about her. As an update I think we found the cause of her problems. The travel doctor prescribed her what she was told was an anti-diarrhea med. So when she had some problems she started taking it. It ended up that it was Cipro - an antibiotic. Not sure why it was prescribed as an anti-diarrhea med - as it can cause that exact problem. So, at my urging she stopped taking it. After a good nights sleep she is starting to finally feel better. Her stomach issues usually last a day at the most, this was 3 days and she still felt miserable. So, now we know, no Cipro. She was getting homesick - after not feeling well and being so far away. Now we have a happy girl who is excited about all she is doing and learning. Thanks again for all of your support.</p>
<p>lammb66, I am glad your daughter is feeling better. I am currently going through a similar situation with my son (he is also in Asia), and it has created a great deal of anxiety for both of us. His doctor here in the U.S. has given me advice to pass along to him via e-mail (including what type and how many mg of antibiotics, which are OTC there). Improvement has been slow and it’s nerve-wracking.</p>
<p>Also, re Cipro: My daughter is in South America and before she left, the doctor gave her a prescription for Cipro. The doctor said that if the diarrhea is severe and Imodium and/or diet changes don’t help, Cipro is the usual the next step and generally clears up the problem. (Obviously—and unfortunately—it didn’t work that way for your daughter.) </p>
<p>Good luck to all of you going through this. I’ll keep your faraway children in my thoughts—please keep mine in yours! :)</p>