Hastayız

Below is a list of all exchange students that I know of, that have contracted some sort of stomach/digestive illness since we've arrived.

Shammara (USA)
Iris (USA)
Sharon (USA)
David (USA)
Lisa (USA)
Gaurav (USA)
Jason (USA)
Amzie (USA)
Archeta (India)
Mat (Australia)
Frederick (Germany)
Hannes (Germany)
Lisa (Germany)
Laura (Holland)

Perhaps it is really not so many.
Antibiotics are our friend.

The medical system here is quite different. I never filled out any forms. All I did was get a blood test and wait in lots of lines. My drugs cost next to nothing.