Tuesday, April 14, 2015

All you need to know about yellow fever before you plan to travel

Before planning your journey abroad, you need to investigate about the health threats of that region. In tropical regions (like Africa), chances of yellow fever are high.

If we discuss about yellow fever, it is a very deadly disease, which are found in Africa and Latin America. Persons living here in these areas are prone to this disease. As there is no cure to this disease, so half of the population is affected by yellow fever and due to non curable disease they die. Current estimates show that around 35000 people are killed every year because of yellow fever.

This disease is caused by bite of a mosquito which is infected and is further spread to humans. After a span of three to 5 days, the infected person develops the onset of fever. The person’s liver may be damaged that leads to jaundice in which eyes and the skin becomes yellowish. The name yellow fever has been given due to yellow color caused in the body. The person may feel vomit and joint pain, bleeding from nose.

The occurrence of yellow fever can be prevented by having yellow fever shot in NYC. This vaccination should be taken 10 days prior to you travel to outbreak areas. If you are frequent visitor to these epidemic areas, then you should take this vaccine after every 10 years. It is recommended that despite of vaccination, they should avoid coming in contact with the mosquito bite.

After you get yellow fever vaccination, you should seek for International Certificate of Vaccination. After you get yellow fever vaccination, you should seek for International Certificate of Vaccination. This certificate is valid from 10 days after the vaccination and is valid up to 10 years.

Some precautions should be taken in spite of getting vaccinated. Those are discussed below-
  • It is recommended for you to stay in air-conditioned areas with fully well screened rooms.
  • Avoid wear clothes that do not fully cover your body. If you wear clothes that fully cover your body, then chances of mosquito bite would be less.
  • You should make effective use of mosquito repellents in the rooms and area around you so that chances of infected mosquito bite is less.
  • Avoid leaving out during sunset and sunrise as chances of getting infected is more seen during this time.