Immunization Recommendations

hfot2

Thanks for this reply.
You know, I've always wondered how I would use with them - [they were free gifties from my local Vermont travel clinic MD]. I was hoping for some input here and you gave it.

I don't carry the syringes on my person, so what good would they be in an accident? The scenario you describe is one I've contemplated - how does one tactfully - or otherwise - suggest to a doctor that the syringes s/he is using are perhpas not sterile? And besides all this, I've always wondered what the local luggage inspectors at the airport think of a package of 20 syringes when they search my stuff.

Sama

how about insulin syringes with the shorter needle? I have a diabetic cat that I give a daily shot to, so I have a ton of syringes.

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Nick-H

That'll be why you look so grey in your avatar then. Seriously dangerous stuff and long since discredited.

My dentist, who uses a lot of alternative/complimentary stuff, uses it as a topical antiseptic. That's probably fine, but anyone interested in long-term use might care to check out This Link .

And as to what you do with your own urine... Oh well, each to their own!

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machadinha

Yes, the upshot of my story I guess was that modern hospitals will be just that -- modern hospitals, even if they look a little different from what you're used to at home maybe. I don't know, I grew up in the Caribbean so the Delhi hospital in question didn't look very unusual to me, others might have described it as somewhat primitive. I was told it was one of the better ones around, I probably picked it out of ol' Lonely Tony or something. The doctor in question was a British woman who'd worked there for some years and gave me some other ins & outs of life in Delhi, really a very nice woman.

For bringing a set of syringes some sort of prescription might not be superfluous at all. I don't really know if I'd bring them again on a next trip, would depend on my length of stay and my planned itinerary I guess. I carried that set on several trips until the packaging completely wore out, which is another thing to take into consideration really. No use carrying your own non-sterile needles right.

Yogagal I really don't know about your needles, best to consult a medic I'd say.

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sticky

Hey machadinha..... couldnt resist putting my 2c.

Travel doctors in Australia have reccomended the shots to me before if traveling to an area with rabies for an extended period (more than a couple of months), especially if visiting rural areas. I took them, but then they didnt cost anywhere near $600 canadian.

I guess the point is that it is possible to get rabies, but you will have to weigh up the risks - you have to be bitten, scratched etc first, and that animal has to have rabies. how long will you be there? what are your chances?

I plan on getting all my shots in thailand, and then getting boosters when i reach india - many vaccines offer some immediate protection (after a week or two) and then require boosters to provide long lasting protection.

If you are going to be in india for a while, maybe you should consider getting the shots there?

read: Woman dies after contracting rabies in goa

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