How long can Montezuma's Revenge last?

You need the antibiotics, trust me I had it and you need them to get rid of it. Not a fun thing to have especially on a plane ride home.

I will never take antibiotics and will just fill the place with my peanutty-gooey crap that will get rid of Montezuma’s Revenge…uhm, curse!

But I had the same antibiotic for something else earlier this year and it made me wicked nauseous and gave me a yeast infection. I’d like to avoid if it possible.

@mazingerz88 Do tell! Of what peanutty-gooey crap do you speak?

a yeast infection is a simple fix, one pill and with in couple days gone

@creative1 Yeah but you can’t treat it until the antibiotics are done or else it’ll come back, so 10 days plus one pill :(

You need to get checked out, you don’t know what bug you might have.

A friend went to South America on a tour and picked up a parasite. Took him a year to be better, and even then he ended up a celiac problem and can’t digest gluten after the flora in his gut got all messed.

It would depend whether it is a bacterial, viral or parasitic infection. You need a doctor to determine that. If it is bacterial the antibiotics will help, otherwise, no they won’t. See a doctor if it has gone on for more than say 24 hours. Keep your fluids up too. I would suggest something like sports drinks so you are replacing the electrolytes.

I don’t think quesadillas are usually how you get Montezuma’s Revenge, but I suppose you can if they are veggie heavy or something. 2–4 weeks should be around the max. Maybe give it a little more time. It is quite possible you picked up something else though, check with the doc if it doesn’t disappear soon.

I’ve been to Mexico twice, and never had to use antibiotics. Have you tried pepto bismol?

The one reason that I think I’ve beat it and these symptoms are something else is that my friend who I was traveling with had the exact same thing. Everything was synced between us, and hers is totally gone now.

Its usually is from water products, I figured I got it because when we were out I would get a glass of ice for my water not thinking. My sister on the other hand drank alcohol for her drink of choice no matter what time it was and didn’t get sick

One week and give in and take the drugs.

It wasn’t a quesadilla probably. Montezuma is more likely from fresh veggies or fruits or tap water. What city were you in? Of course, it could be a different type of food illness or stomach thing.

There is more than one antibiotic for this. Cipro rarely gives a bad yeast infection.

We’re sure it was the quesadilla! My friend and I both got it, and the timing was perfect. I will try to get Cipro, thanks @JLeslie!

@sliceswiththings How long have you been sick?

Was it a meat quesadilla? If it is Ecoli, Augmentin is probably better. That’s the tricky thing, knowing the bacteria.

It could be hepititis. No antibiotics will work. Is your pee very dark?

March 28th was when it went down. No, not a meat quesadilla. It was bad for about two weeks, then got better when I stuck with the BRAT diet. I thought it was beat, but recently I’ve been having some stomach issues, which could be unrelated. My pee is not dark.

A month! Definitely do something, you can damage your intestines. The best way is to actually get a stool culture, but Cipro will probably do the trick. I doubt it’s ecoli, most likely camplobycter I think.