Recommended items for a personal medical kit: antifungal cream, eg Clotrimazole antibacterial cream, eg Muciprocin antibiotics for skin infections, eg Amoxicillin/Clavulanate or Cephalexin antibiotics for diarrhoea, eg Norfloxacin or Ciprof loxacin; Azithromycin for bacterial diarrhoea; and Tinidazole for giardiasis or amoebic dysentery antihistamines for allergies, eg Cetrizine for daytime and Promethazine for night anti-inflammatories, eg Ibuprofen " antinausea medication, eg Prochlorperazine
antiseptic for cuts and scrapes, eg Betadine antispasmodic for stomach cramps, eg Buscopa contraceptives decongestant for colds and flus, eg Pseudoephedrine DEET-based insect repellent diarrhoea 'stopper1, eg Loperamide first-aid items such as scissors, plasters (Band Aids), bandages, gauze, thermometer (electronic, not mercury), sterile needles and syringes, and tweezers indigestion medication, eg Quick Eze or Mylanta iodine tablets (unless you are pregnant or have a thyroid problem) to purify water laxative, eg Coloxyl migraine medication (your personal brand), if a migraine sufferer oral-rehydration solution for diarrhoea, eg Gastrolyte aracetamol for pain
permethrin (to impregnate clothing and mosquito nets) for repelling insects steroid cream for allergic/itchy rashes, eg 1 % to 2% hydrocortisone sunscreen and hat throat lozenges thrush (vaginal yeast infection) treatment, eg Clotrimazole pessaries or Diflucan tablet urine alkalisation agent, eg Ural, if you're prone to urinary tract infections.
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