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short-notice jabs
[from london]
if i'm travelling to thailand in one week but currently have no vaccinations, what should i do? its not possible to get a gp appointment in that time, and the website http://www.travelindependent.info mentions masta.org travel clinics - but can i go there and get injections or do they just give you info? the website also says "avoid some walk-in clinics e.g. BA travel clinics) like the plague". also is all the medication required for thailand available without prescription from chemists? and is anything special required for bird flu? thanks! |
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niz wrote: [from london] if i'm travelling to thailand in one week but currently have no vaccinations, what should i do? Be sure that your passport has at least 6 months left on it, be sure that you've packed either your money/traveler's checks/ATM card. Be sure that you have your camera. And be sure that you have at least one clean set of underwear. Everything else that you will need in Thailand you can get for 1/10 the price anywhere else. Ergo, you do NOT need a large suitcase. There are NO medicines 'needed' for Thailand, but you will NEED a good insect repellent, and you will need to use it often. You can NOT get malaria (even in malarial areas which are very few and far between in Thailand) unless you get bitten by a female anopheles mosquito which is carrying the parasite. Insect repellent will prevent this. You can NOT Dengue Fever if you do not get bitten by the Aedes mosquito. Insect repellent will prevent this. And unless you are going to be spending a lot of time along the southern border with Burma, you don't have to worry about Japanese Encephalitis either. To be sure, having immunization for Rabies, Hepatitis A and B, Japanese Encephalitis, tetanus, typhoid, will help anywhere in the world, for a week in Thailand that may be overdoing it a bit. also is all the medication required for thailand available without prescription from chemists? Certainly. Aspirin or Paracetamol, Immodium, Kaopectate, or Lomotil, and even antibiotics are available everywhere over the counter. If you need more than that, go see a doctor. They are cheap enough. and is anything special required for bird flu? Tissues? Just be sure that your chicken is well cooked and there is no problem. Steve Kramer "PhotoEnvisions" Freelance Photography Chiang Mai, Thailand http://www.photoenvisions.com -- "The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons, but in seeing with new eyes." - Marcel Proust |
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