This section is open to taste, experience and only limited by your succeptibilty to disease. Consult a doctor for the best advice. Here's what I carried:

• Basic toiletries - soap, toothpaste, packtowel (light and dries easily), nail clippers/scissors. Toilet paper (though going Nepali is easier most of the time, especially if you use Dettol soap)
• Pills: painkillers (neurofen, aspirin), anti-histamines,
• Antibiotics. A single course of Erythrocin proved useful against a stomach bug, but consider also the possibility of infected burns, bites and bronchial infections. Consult your doctor.
• Bandages. Enough for the occasional cut finger, plus some resilient ones to cover a blister and a sealed packed with dressing to cover any infected wounds.
• Sun cream. I carried factor 30. Remember you will be out in the sun for several hours each day, every day. If you wear shorts, be carful of the soft bit on the backs of your legs. You'll need your legs to be able to bend the next day!
• Garlic. (pills or a whole bulb). Good for alleviating mild symptoms of altitude sickness. Helps to dilate the arteries and thus helps blood flow easier. In conjunction with plenty of water and proper acclimatisation, this may be all you'll need.
• Iodine. A bottle of iodine pills or drops is all you'll need to provide yourself with an endless supply of good drinking water. A hint of fruit flavouring, or supplemental vitamin C can take the taste of the iodine away if it bothers you. This is as safe and much cheaper for both you and the mountain nvironment than buying mineral water along the trail. Carry a sturdy water bottle. I carried two 1l bottles. I used one just for treating water and the decanted treated water into the other which was strapped to my belt and had the dregs of that mornings lemon tea in it and maybe a little suger just to add a little zest.