Talk:traveler's diarrhea
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rfv: Sole def given is: "Diarrhea contracted by someone from a more developed country while travelling, especially as a tourist, in a less developed country with lower standards of food hygiene."
Is the term used this insulting way? Aren't there other causes, such as simply not having resistance to the fauna of the places traveled? (Which would lead to a definition like "Diarrhea contracted by someone with an immune system unable to cope with local conditions.".) With a good definition, would this be SoP? DCDuring TALK 16:22, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
- This reminds me a bit of something called con crud, where people who go to large gatherings attended by people from lots of different places are exposed to all these foreign people and hence foreign diseases, and get sick because of their lack of immunity. —CodeCat 19:31, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- Con as in (deprecated template usage) conference, right? DCDuring TALK 20:06, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, or convention. Since that's where it occurs usually. —CodeCat 21:00, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- Con as in (deprecated template usage) conference, right? DCDuring TALK 20:06, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
- There are plenty of Google Books hits. - -sche (discuss) 00:23, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
- Comment: I've added some citations. -- Curious (talk) 11:49, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
- Meh, kept. If you think the citations only support a SOP definition, change the definition and RFD the entry. - -sche (discuss) 07:41, 12 November 2012 (UTC)