Monday, December 16, 2013

Get right vaccinations before taking off for a foreign place!

It does not matter whether the purpose of travelling is business or pleasure; nobody ever wants to take home bad memories. Nothing can be worse than falling sick during your much awaited trip to a new place. However, a visit to a foreign place can expose people to a lot of potential health hazards and diseases, even if the travel is within the country.

Especially if you are travelling to some foreign country, then the chances of falling sick become all the more severe. The reason behind so is that when people cross time zones and go over to a place non-native and unfamiliar to them, they are not used to the that place’s environment and weather conditions.

People native to a particular place develop natural immunization over the period of time, but immigrants are not physically ready to tackle diseases prevalent in other country. That is why immunization through travel shots and vaccines must be administered before the plane takes off to the destination. This will help prepare the body of traveler in fighting the health hazards without falling sick or infected.

There are three types of vaccinations namely routine, recommended and required. Routine vaccinations are those for rubella, mumps, measles, diphtheria, hepatitis B, influenza, tetanus, diphtheria, poliomyelitis, and other such illnesses which are administered on infants and children. If you might be missing on any of these vaccines, then traveling is a good time to get them.

Second type is ‘recommended’. These vaccines would depend on the travel destination. For instance, if you were going to visit western European sites, then your doctor would recommend receiving Hepatitis and B vaccinations. On the other hand, a visit to south pacific would call for a broader list of medicines.

The third type of travel medication would be ‘required’, and the person does not have a choice whether to get it or not. These are compulsory medications which the person must get, in order to lawfully enter a country. These medications are mandatory as per immigration laws. Health regulation authorities lay down the underlying guidelines for such medications. For example, before visiting any country in Africa or South America, a person must first get fever vaccine.

Upon visiting a clinic, your travel doctor would tell which shots and injections are necessary for a disease-free trip. In addition, these medications are given several days and even weeks before the day of departure arrives.

For a memorable trip free from illnesses and infections, it is highly recommended and necessary to get right travel shots from a good travel clinic.