Module 6. Traveller's Diarrhea

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1 Moule 6 Traveller's Diarrhea

2 What an ause traveller s iarrhoea1 7 ways to avoi traveller s iarrhoea1 1 Break the seals on bottle rinks yourself 2 Use water that has been boile for at least 5 minutes when mixing baby formula 3 Eat freshly mae, hot an well-ooke foos Using tap water that s unsafe to rink or brush your teeth Ie mae from tap water that s unsafe Raw fruits an vegetables, unless you peel them yourself Raw leafy vegetables, suh as lettue, spinah, abbage, beause they are har to lean Wash your hans often Make sure hilren o not put any items or irty hans in their mouths Keep infants from rawling on irty floors 7 Chek to see that utlery, utensils an ishes are lean Raw or rare meats Shellfish Foo from street venors The typial symptoms of traveller's iarrhea inlue2: Abrupt onset of iarrhea Fever Nausea an vomiting Bloating Urgent nee to have a bowel movement Malaise (weakness or isomfort) Explosive an painful gas Cramps Loss of appetite prout reommenations an only be mae by Pharmaists an Pharmaist Assistants ating uner the personal supervision of a pharmaist (S1 S2). Any ustomer seeking meial avie from a Front Shop Assistant shoul be referre to the Pharmaist on uty

3 Case Stuy 1 Thani, 35, Lawyer Case Stuy 1 Continue: Reommenation Sine Thani s problem is traveller's iarrhea you an reommen Imoium 2 mg Tablets. Thani has ome to your pharmay to ask for avie. She tells you that she is experiening ramps, bloating an iarrhea. She woul like to know what OTC prout she an take that will help with her symptoms. What s insie? Eah tablet ontains 2 mg loperamie HCl. Imoium 2 mg Tablets What s it for? Treating aute Dosage Take 2 tablets immeiately, followe by 1 tablet after eah Ask the following questions Has she experiene these symptoms before? Has she travelle reently? Has she eaten any foo from street venors? Does she have a fever? Has she taken any other meiine for the onition? How long have the symptoms persiste? Is she experiening iarrhea only, or vomiting as well? Thani tells you that she s not experiene this before but she has inee returne from a trip to a street foo festival an that she began to feel unwell shortly afterwars. You establish that Thani is suffering from traveller's iarrhea. Imoium Range FAST- DISSOLVING TABLET Age: 6+ Aults: Take 2 tablets immeiately, followe by 1 tablet after eah Chilren 6+: Take 1 tablet immeiately, followe by 1 tablet after eah Imoium Melt Tablets Perfet for People who are travelling Those prone to iarrhea while travelling People unable to aess water Aults an hilren who are unable to swallow tablets How to use Plae fast-issolving tablet on tongue Melts instantly for effetive relief No nee to swallow with water As stipulate in Setion 22A subsetion 4 an 5 of the Meiines an Relate Substanes At 101 of 1965, prout reommenations an only be mae by Pharmaists an Pharmaist Assistants ating uner the personal supervision of a pharmaist (S1 S2). Any ustomer seeking meial avie from a Front Shop 22 23

4 Imoium 2 mg Tablets Test Your Knowlege Age: 6+ Aults: Take 2 tablets immeiately, followe by 1 tablet after eah Chilren 6+: Take 1 tablet immeiately, followe by 1 tablet after eah You ve reahe the en of the moule. You an test your knowlege right away while the info is fresh, or you an omplete the full Class Test in one go one you reah the en of this Stuy Pak. See the bak page of the booklet for more etails on how to omplete an submit your test. Below are the questions from the Class Test that apply to the moule you just finishe. The full Class Test appears on the Fax Sheet inlue separately. 1 Whih one of these is not a typial symptom of traveller s iarrhoea? a Sneezing b Fever Cramps Malaise IDEAL FOR ADULTS WHO CAN T SWALLOW TABLETS Imoium Syrup Age: 2+ 2 Whih one of the following prouts was reommene in this moule s ase stuy? a Imoium Syrup b Imoium Melt Tablets Sinutab Saline Nasal Spray Aults: ml immeiately, followe by 7,5 10 ml after eah Chilren 2+: 5 ml per 12,5 kg boy mass immeiately, followe by 2,5 ml per 12,5 kg after eah 3 Whih Imoium 2 mg Tablets one of these ingreients will you fin in Imoium 2 mg Tablets? a Xylometazoline Hyrohlorie b Loperamie HCl Eah 5 ml ontains 1 mg Loperamie HCl. Chlorpheniramine Maleate Pseuoepherine Hyrohlorie 24 25

5 4 Whih of these is a ause of traveller s iarrhoea? a Daner b Parasite eggs in pet fur Ie mae from unsafe tap water Exessive sweating S2 Imoium Melt Tablets. Eah tablet ontains 2 mg loperamie HCl. Reg. No. 29/11.9/0213 S2 Imoium 2mg Tablets. Eah tablet ontains 2 mg loperamie HCl. Reg. No. H/11.9/152 S2 Imoium Syrup. Eah ml ontains 0,2 mg loperamie HCl. Reg. No. J/11.9/166 For full presribing information refer to the pakage insert approve by the Meiines Regulatory Authority. Referenes 1. J&J Rep Detailing 1, What Are the Symptoms of Traveler's Diarrhea?. Available at Aesse on 7 June