Thursday, July 18, 2013

Before you travel, get immunized!

Traveling is great! Seeing a new place with new people can be one of the greatest experiences of your life. Travelling is your gateway to experiencing new cultures, eating worldwide cuisines and seeing new monuments and holiday spots.

You may even have to travel in the context of your work or business. Meeting overseas clients and partners is important for you profession, and there’s no telling which country your work might take you to.

But there is more to just booking your air ticket, packing your suitcase and bidding goodbye to your folks! Have you taken under consideration, the possibility of acquiring a disease that thrives locally in the area that you are visiting?

Now because the local people have been living there, under the sort of conditions for a long time, their bodies naturally develop immunity against the disease but that may not be the case for you.

Diseases such as Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Typhoid, Rabies, Polio and several others are found in different parts of the world. They are very contagious and just as dangerous. So, if you are travelling to a certain destination for the first time, you ought to visit a specialized clinic that carries vaccines to provide immunity against specific diseases.

Keep these things in mind before you have made a decision on where you are getting your travel immunizations from:

Tell the in-house doctor, exactly where you are travelling, not just the continent or the country but even the local area inside the country, as the geographically, a certain type of disease may exist in only a small part of the country and a different part of the country may be infected with another disease. A clinic with a good faculty will provide you with exactly what you need as per your travel plans.

Make sure that the clinic has an experienced faculty and provides you with the right dosage and type of vaccine according to your age, gender, medical history, built etc.

Tell the doctor about your medical history and whatever medicines you are taking at the time of your travel to avoid any chance of a cross-reaction or an allergic reaction.

Choose a clinic that provides you with the immunization that you require at an affordable price. Travelling can be expensive, and taking a good part of your budget out just on the pre prep may not be something you are willing to do, so make sure that you are not being ripped off and choose a cost effective clinic to get your immunization from.

And finally, make sure that the clinic has a good reputation and a history of happy and satisfied clientele.

Get your travel immunizations from a good source to make sure that you have a happy and safe journey.