Immunization updates?

Rossinm · Jan 30th, 2003, 20:12

My last trip to India saw me back in the states mid July 2001. All of my shots were current then. I'm leaving again for six months in six weeks and I can't figure out what I would need to update before I leave. Besides an anti- malarial which I don't think I'm going to deal with- what immunizations would I need?

vistet · Jan 30th, 2003, 20:55

Have a lok at the MASTA (MASTA (Medical Advisory Services for Travellers Abroad, mantained by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) immunization guide :

www.masta.org

I would consider carrying carrying at least a emergency malaria treatment kit if anywhere malaria is present:

"2,364 travellers returned to the UK with malaria in 1997; twelve of them died"

(quote from MASTA)

There is a widespread knowledge of the side effects of antimalarials within the traveller community and I am not saying it should be ignored, but it should be weighed against the risk of getting really, really sick.

picklepak · Jan 31st, 2003, 06:38

You can purchase three single Larium tablets at just about any chemist in India. It's an effective treatment when all three are taken together during an emergency and you have to self-diagnose. But you're much better off just finding your way to a PRIVATE hospital or doctor in India as soon as possible to get the tests for malaria done.

If you become extremely sick and the tests are negative, go to a second private hospital and have them done again. I met a German girl in Bangkok who almost died; the first hospital she'd visited in south Thailand messed up the test. But in south India I think the risk for deadly malaria at the moment is quite low (unless someone tells me otherwise).

My personal opinion is, don't go to a government hospital if your life depends on it.

Jan 30th, 2003, 20:12	#1
Rossinm Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 44	Immunization updates? My last trip to India saw me back in the states mid July 2001. All of my shots were current then. I'm leaving again for six months in six weeks and I can't figure out what I would need to update before I leave. Besides an anti- malarial which I don't think I'm going to deal with- what immunizations would I need?

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Jan 30th, 2003, 20:55	#2
vistet Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Umeå , Sweden Posts: 1,821	Have a lok at the MASTA (MASTA (Medical Advisory Services for Travellers Abroad, mantained by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) immunization guide : www.masta.org I would consider carrying carrying at least a emergency malaria treatment kit if anywhere malaria is present: "2,364 travellers returned to the UK with malaria in 1997; twelve of them died" (quote from MASTA) There is a widespread knowledge of the side effects of antimalarials within the traveller community and I am not saying it should be ignored, but it should be weighed against the risk of getting really, really sick.

Jan 31st, 2003, 06:38	#3
picklepak Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 274	You can purchase three single Larium tablets at just about any chemist in India. It's an effective treatment when all three are taken together during an emergency and you have to self-diagnose. But you're much better off just finding your way to a PRIVATE hospital or doctor in India as soon as possible to get the tests for malaria done. If you become extremely sick and the tests are negative, go to a second private hospital and have them done again. I met a German girl in Bangkok who almost died; the first hospital she'd visited in south Thailand messed up the test. But in south India I think the risk for deadly malaria at the moment is quite low (unless someone tells me otherwise). My personal opinion is, don't go to a government hospital if your life depends on it.

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