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Traveller's diarrhoea self-care — DTM&H MCQ

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A healthy adult travelling to Peru asks what to pack for mild traveller's diarrhoea without fever or blood in stool. What is the most appropriate treatment?

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Correct answer: C — Oral rehydration and loperamide for short-term symptom control

Oral rehydration and loperamide for short-term symptom control is the single best answer because most mild traveller's diarrhoea is self-limiting and is managed with fluids and short-term symptom control. Routine ciprofloxacin for every loose stool is plausible in a related presentation, but it is less appropriate because it does not fit the key discriminator in this vignette. The teaching point is that antibiotics are reserved for selected moderate or severe cases and depend on destination resistance patterns.

Reference: CDC Yellow Book 2026; UKHSA/NathNaC travel health guidance; BNF