Travel medicine
Planning vacation?
If you are planning to travel to remote parts of the world, you’d better properly prepare for such a trip. If you’re setting off for the first time, it’s essential to check your health, get the right insurance, and, if necessary, get the right vaccinations. Apply to our travel medicine office in Warsaw, where specialists in travel medicine are admitted. They are the ones who will properly prepare you for your trip. A properly prepared doctor will conduct a detailed consultation before you leave for distant destinations, primarily tropical and developing countries, such as: India, Thailand or China.
Your doctor will give you all the information you need to be well prepared and avoid health risks, he will also recommend tropical vaccinations so that you are simply safe. Only then your trip will go in complete comfort and peace of mind, proper preparation will minimize and even completely avoid health complications that sometimes spoil your vacation.
Importantly, at our Clinic you will receive a Certified International Vaccination Booklet (yellow booklet) and a Certificate for those going to the USA for study or work.
Maintaining full health will allow you to spend your vacation as planned. After all, an infectious disease could force a traveler not only to take immediate treatment locally, but also to return home. Lack of proper vaccinations can involve not only getting sick, but also developing dangerous complications.
Vaccination against tropical diseases is really the only effective protection for the body. On top of that, they are readily available and well tolerated by travelers. Vaccination is the only way to be sure to travel in complete comfort without the need for medical treatment often in poor conditions.
- destination
- length of stay
- the time of year you will make the trip
- destination
- The conditions in which you will live and the hygiene of nutrition
Vaccines in line with the times duration of protection of the human body
Hepatitis A - 2 doses
Hepatitis A + B (3 doses) - immunization for life
Yellow fever, (1 dose) - immunization for life
diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio - (1 dose) - immunization for 10 years
Rabies (3 doses) - immunization for 5 years
Typhoid fever - immunization for 3 years
Meningococcus A, C, Y, W135 (1 dose) - immunization for life
Cholera (2 doses, oral vaccine) - immunization for 2 years
Japanese Encephalitis - 2 doses - immunization for life
Mandatory vaccinations before traveling to the tropics
The International Health Regulations indicate that the most important tropical vaccination is that against yellow fever (yellow fever). It must be done before traveling to some tropical countries, including Africa and South America. Lack of a vaccination certificate can result in either denial of entry permits or forced vaccination at the border and quarantine at your own expense. Before traveling to distant corners, check which vaccinations are mandatory there and which are only voluntary.
Vaccinations recommended
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Typhoid fever
These vaccinations are advisable in trips to all tropical regions
The typhoid vaccine is effective for 3 years and helps protect against infection with the inflammatory outbreak, Salmonella Typhi. These are the ones that cause acute and chronic infectious disease. The infection itself occurs through the oral route, either through contaminated food or water. Typhoid fever can also be contracted through close contact with a carrier. Acute gastrointestinal symptoms with the possibility of intestinal perforation are among the symptoms and complications of the disease typhoid fever. The vaccine will effectively prevent infection. It is important to keep this in mind, as the symptoms mentioned may appear even after returning from a trip.
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The typhoid vaccine is effective for 3 years and helps protect against infection with the inflammatory outbreak, Salmonella Typhi. These are the ones that cause acute and chronic infectious disease. The infection itself occurs through the oral route, either through contaminated food or water. Typhoid fever can also be contracted through close contact with a carrier. Acute gastrointestinal symptoms with the possibility of intestinal perforation are among the symptoms and complications of the disease typhoid fever. The vaccine will effectively prevent infection. It is important to keep this in mind, as the symptoms mentioned may appear even after returning from a trip.
Recommended vaccinations
Vaccine cholera
This oral vaccine reduces the risk of not only cholera, but also traveler’s diarrhea, which can spoil travel plans. Statistically >30% of travelers develop traveler’s diarrhea in the first week of travel.
In addition to immunization, preventive measures are recommended. This is, first and foremost, the observance of hygiene in terms of food preparation, consumption and personal hygiene. Use only water of known origin, and wash fresh produce thoroughly before eating.
Top tips for those going on the trip:
- Before you leave, do the necessary tests to assess your health. Ideally, the tests should be done 4-6 weeks before the trip.
- Insure yourself and make sure to insure everyone you travel with.
- If necessary, get the right vaccinations. This is important if you are going to exotic countries.
The vaccinations you make will depend on:
- your general body immunity
- travel sites
- hygienic and sanitary conditions at the destination
- the current epidemiological situation at the destination
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