20: Coca Leaves for Altitude Illness; Do Germ and Worm Follow Their Own Advice? Worm Tales Winner!
About the episode:
Drs. Paul Pottinger (“Germ”) & Chris Sanford (“Worm”) answer your travel health questions:
Does the coca leaf help prevent altitude sickness?
Is it safe to travel to East Africa for safari after having a kidney transplant?
Can humanity continue current air travel practices and avoid another viral pandemic?
Do Germ and Worm actually follow their own travel health advice?
Will garlic repel mosquitoes?
What’s this rash I caught in Africa?
What about ibuprofen: Can I use it instead of acetazolamide to prevent altitude sickness?
AND, they reveal the winner of 2024’s Worm Tales competition: Share with us the “dumbest” thing you have done while traveling abroad!
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