Do not take over-the-counter anti-diarrheal remedies if you come down with E. coli from your spinach, said Dr. Michael Zimring, director of the Center for Wilderness and Travel Medicine in Baltimore.

“It makes it worse by preventing your body from eliminating the toxins,” Zimring said. Products like Anti-Diarrheal Formula and Imodium A-D could aggravate symptoms, including bloody stool.

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