What Are The Right Travel Shots For Different Countries?

It's important to have the right travel shots and health advice before you planning a tour to travel overseas. Safety and health, both are important, especially if you wish to enjoy your trip to the fullest. This is the reason that you must have the right information about the place and  take expert advice. The information consists of your medical history, the place you wish to travel to, duration of the trip and the season in which you are planning to travel. Below is the brief introduction of different vaccinations recommended for different places. Diseases are present all around the world, some are so fatal that recovering from them is very difficult. There are many diseases that kill millions of people around the world. Therefore, some vaccines are must to have before going to a place known for some diseases.

Indonesia- Bali is one of the well-known places of Indonesia. Indonesia is a beautiful country but it has several potentially fatal diseases such as- typhoid, influenza, Hepatitis A and, Hepatitis B. Some of the other vaccines that are recommended for travelers are- Japanese encephalitis, rabies, TDaP (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis), and cholera.

South America- South America, Central America, Asia, Africa, and Pacific Islands, some of the places which are popular among travelers and trackers. But, it is important to know that there are many deadly diseases that can affect the travelers and trackers. Typhoid fever is one of the problems that affects around 21.5 million people all over the world having a fatality rate of 10 percent.

India- Many travelers come to track and travel to the Himalayas and other parts of India. But there is a high chance of serious diseases that may affect them. Some of the recommended travel shots are rabies and Japanese encephalitis.

China- For those heading to China, it is advised to be immunized for influenza, Hepatitis A, and typhoid. Other shots are required if the duration of the tour is more and they are- cholera, Japanese and tick-borne encephalitis and rabies.

Planning to visit any place outside the US, if yes then don’t forget to take the right travel shots. For more information, you can visit- Travel Clinic of New York City. It is a certified clinic for different travel shots. Schedule your appointment by just making a call- 212-686-5835.

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A Quick Look At Rabies - Causes and Treatment

Have you ever heard about Rabies? Rabies is a serious and fatal disease which is caused by a viral infection. This disease is basically transmitted by the infected animals or mammals. In the US, around 1 to 3 people contract rabies every year. According to the data, it is observed that there were 23 human cases in the US between 2008 to 2017. Out of which 8 cases were contracted outside the country. 

In the 1970s the vaccination of rabies was developed. The continuous efforts of the governments and regular vaccination programs have reduced the rabies cases, but even today, there are some cases of rabies that are seen in the US. Moreover, it is problem which is faced all over the world. Each year, more than 10,000 deaths result due to rabies around the world. It is mostly seen in the undeveloped areas of Southeast Asia and Africa. More than 95 % rabies infections are caused by the bite of dogs.

About Rabies- Rabies is a viral infection that mainly spreads through a bite or scratch from an infected animal or mammal. It can also be transmitted through the saliva of the infected which touch an open wound or touching mucous membranes. It is an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus family. If it is detected at a right time then it's treatment is possible, otherwise, it results in death. The viral infection affects the body in two ways.

• It enters the external nervous system (PNS) directly and transfers to the brain which affects the functioning of the brain.

• It can also enter in the nervous system through the neuromuscular junctions. If it enters in the neuron system then it produces acute inflammation of the brain that leads to coma and finally death.

Causes of the Rabies-

It is caused by the rabies virus. The virus infects the brain and finally leads to death. When a person is contacted with the rabies virus, this virus deposit in the muscle and subcutaneous tissue. Then it enters the nervous system and other parts of the body. In the US the rabies virus is commonly transmitted through the saliva of bats, raccoons, foxes, skunks, and coyotes. Stray dogs are the common mode through which it is transmitted. It is also found in the horses, cows, ferrets, and cats.

The only treatment for this is rabies vaccination. This is also included in travel vaccinations. If you want travel shots in NYC, contact- Travel Clinic Of New York City. 

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Some Important Points to Prevent Malaria while Traveling Abroad

In humans, malaria is caused due to the exposure to one out of four various protozoan species. All of them are transmitted by an infected mosquito, which is female. In some situations, the transmission of malaria befalls inborn or by blood transfusion.

Signs and Symptoms of Malaria-

Major signs and symptoms of the malaria are fever, flu-like symptoms, fatigue, body aches, cold, headache. Sometimes the symptoms are experienced in intervals interspaced with spells of feeling fine. 

Malaria is also correlated with breakage of the RBCs (red blood cells) which later produces jaundice and anemia and can lead to failure of the kidney. In some cases, the infected person can go into the coma and ultimately into death.

It is necessary and notable that deaths which are caused due to malaria are absolutely preventable. The risk connected with a traveler getting malaria changes from one country to another country. If you want to travel safely to a country, then travel shots are a must thing to be taken to reduce the risk of malaria.

How to prevent malaria-

Unfortunately, there is still no medicine that gives absolute protection from malaria. Therefore, in order to halt the infection, an individual needs to receive some antimalarial medication and take certain measures to avoid mosquito bites.

Notably, the mosquitoes transmitting malaria infection mainly have night time feeding schedules. This indicates that they carry it and process of malaria will generally at the peak and dark hours of dusk and dawn.

• It is also very necessary to consider following measures to prevent mosquito bites. Some precautions include following steps-

• In case, if you are going to sleep in the open area ten use mosquito nets and apply permethrin to the mosquito nets.

• Use some kind of insecticides in open air sleeping and living areas.

• Use insect repellents that contain the correct levels of chemicals which are effective for mosquitoes, but are not harmful to a human.

• Wear clothing which is full sleeves with full ankle length pants and has been treated with permethrin.

In short, it is very important to take travel shots if an individual is going to travel outside the country because malaria is a very dangerous disease.

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