Bonjour,
Je pense aller en Egypte avec ma petite famille en février, mars et je me demande s'il est vraiment possible d'éviter la fameuse tourista même en respectant les conseils de prudence habituellement donnés. J'ai lu dans une discussion que tout le monde y passait plus ou moins! Qu'en pensez-vous?
J'avoue que j'ai été très malade en Turquie (une semaine sur les 3 où j'étais partie) il y a une dizaine d'années (c'était un voyage organisé et je n'avais pourtant rien consommé de différent des autres membres du groupe) et que depuis cela me fait peur parce que ce genre de chose, il n'y a pas à dire, cela gâche le voyage!
Nous comptons faire une croisière sur le nil précédée d'une découverte du Caire et j'ai lu qu'il y avait moins de risque côté alimentation sur un petit bateau genre dahabieh que sur les gros hôtels flottants.
Merci de me donner votre avis!
Cécile
Je n'ai jamais eu de tourista en Turquie ni en Egypte, mais je pense que la periode ne change pas grand chose...
Moins l'alimentation se voudra industrielle et collective sans pouvoir en respecter les process correctement, moins il y aura de risques.
Je reviens d'un court sejour en egypte, et je vous confirme qu'il est tout à fait possible d'eviter la tourista.
De toutes les personnes que nous avons rencontré sur place aucune ne l'à attrapé, meme pas moi et pourtant je n'ai pas fait particulierement atention, je ne me suis pas privé de crudités (jen ai meme magé à tout les repas), ni de café ni de thé, soupe locales a tous les repas (excellentes d'ailleurs), et me lavait les dents a l'eau du robinet (en evitant quand meme d'en avaler !).
D'autre part je vous confirme que l'epoque de l'année n'y change rien puisque c'est une infection due a une bacterie presente dans l'eau et non a un virus.
Quelques conseils néammoins à suivre pour etre "quasi" sûr de ne pas l'attrapé, et pour vos enfants s'ils sont jeunes (donc plus receptif) :
Eviter les crudités et legumes a peau crus (ou les eplucher) comme les fruits a peau. Eviter les boissons a bases d'eau comme café thé et soupes (dommage elles sont tres bonnes!) Eviter les glaçons, memes si dans de nombreux hotel ils sont apparement traités aux ultra violet (demande confirmation car ca m'a parrut etrange comme procédé) Se laver les dents a l'eau minerale Eviter de boir la tasse dans la douche et la piscine ! Se laver les mains au savons liquide antibacterien regulierement (vendu dans les magasins de sport et en parapharmacie) Et se prémunir d medicament de type IMMODIUM pour stopper les effets si malgres tout ca vous l'attrapper. Ca a un effet tres rapide. ainsi que de l'ERCEFURIL (je ne suis pas sure de l'ortographe) pour detruire la bacterie.
Voilà, en esperant que tout ca vous aideras a passe de bonnes vacances sans trop vous priver pour autant.
Effectivement il faut simplement faire attention ; si un truc est sans risque ces sont bien les thes et cafes....
'D'autre part je vous confirme que l'epoque de l'année n'y change rien puisque c'est une infection due a une bacterie presente dans l'eau et non a un virus. '
Cette consideration sanitaire me laisse assez sceptique.... 🤪 (septique 😉?)
Pour plus de précision la tourista est due à une "bacterie" ou "germe" dans environ 60 % des cas, "l'Escherichia coli".
Les thes et cafés ne sont pas 100% san risque puisque pour anihiler complétement ces germes il faut faire bouillir l'eau, ce qui n'est pas le cas du café, et pas toujours du thé, mais effectivement c'est beaucoup moins risqué que de boire l'eau du robinet ! ;)
Ce que je conteste c'est que le fait que ce soit une bacterie et non un virus en fasse en soi une question independante de la periode de l'annee : les bacteries se developpent dans certaines conditions qui ont a voir avec le climat... Mais c'est un detail.
Pour faire le the ou le cafe les Egyptiens font bouillir l'eau normalement.
Effectivement les bacteries dépendent du climat mais il me semble que celui de l'egypte ne varie pas à outrance. Quoi qu'il arrive c'est une zone d'endemie à haut risque, tout comme les pays tropicaux ou l'amerique latine, et je pense personnellement que quoi qu'il arrive le risque 0 n'existe pas.
Enfin bref, voila un lien vers un dossier complet sur la prévention et le traitement de la turista pour préparer vos trousses de secours et parer à toute éventualité !
En Egypte il peut neiger ou faire 45.... 😏
'Endemie' pour des contaminations par des bacteries ?... 🤪 Mon vocabulaire medical est assez flou, donc je ne veux pas m'avancer, mais ca me semble bizzare. Les bacteries ne sont pas en elles-memes une maladie, c'est leur proliferation qui peut en entrainer il me semble.
😛Il n'y a pas plus de danger d'avoir la tourista en Egypte que chez vous.Tourista est un terme "générique" pour désigner un dérengement intestinal important comme une grippe ou infection intestinale.
vous prennez les médicaments d'usage avec vous, sans les prendre en avance cela ne sert à rien.
Aussi les médicaments sur place ne coûte pas cher et sont les mêmes.Vous pouvez aussi vous lavez les main avec un savons désinfectant(pas cher sur place moins de 10LE) avant d'entrer à table on ne sait ce que l'on touche pendant les visites.Et ça commence toujours comme ça!(ce n'est pas la nouriture, je reviens avec ma famille d'Egypte et nous y somme resté un mois et avons été manger dans des familles, rien de grave, bien que je suis assez frangile des intestins!
Thoutmosis😉😛
Bonjour, en plus des conseils prodigués précedemment: Nux Vomica 9CH, remède homéopathique, 10 granules à laisser fondre sous la langue dés les premiers symptôme, et à renouveller. Chez nous ça marche super bien, et j'ai déjà dépanné pas mal de routards avec ça. 😎
Bon voyage,
Martine
Merci à tous et à toutes pour vos remarques et conseils. Comme je suis aussi une adepte de l'homéopathie, je penserai effectivement à emmener ce qu'il faut. En faisant attention à ne boire que de l'eau en bouteille, en étant attentif à ce que l'on choisit de manger et en se lavant les mains aussi souvent que nécessaire, il semble que cette fameuse tourista ne soit pas une fatalité!
Cécile
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