Travel Medicine
*"Travelers to different countries
should be aware of the potential for acquiring diseases and
injury which are not common in the United States.
Immunizations, preventative
medications, and general precautions should be considered prior
to trips to different parts of the world.
Immunizations against Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Typhoid, Yellow
Fever, meningococcal
meningitis,
rabies,
tetanus/diphtheria,
polio and others may be
recommended or required for travelers to certain countries.
Preventative medications against
traveler's diarrhea,
malaria,
tuberculosis, and other diseases
may be necessary.
Precautions regarding foods, beverages, weather, insect bites,
and personal hygiene are important while traveling. Patients with
underlying medical diseases, such as kidney disease and
diabetes, persons with suppressed
immune systems, and pregnant women may need special arrangements
in order to travel safely. It is recommended that travelers carry
a letter stating medical diagnoses, medication list, and need for
needles and syringes."
Disease prevention
*"Vaccination is a
highly effective method of preventing certain infectious diseases.
For the individual, and for society in terms of public
health, prevention is better and more
cost-effective than cure. Vaccines are generally very safe and
adverse reactions
are uncommon. Routine immunization programmes protect most of
the world’s children from a number of infectious diseases
that previously claimed millions of
lives each year. For travellers, vaccination offers the
possibility of avoiding a number of
dangerous infections that may be encountered abroad."
Vaccination and other precautions
*"Despite their success
in preventing disease, vaccines do not fully protect 100%
of the recipients. The vaccinated traveller should not
assume that there is no risk of catching
the disease(s) against which he/she has been vaccinated."
Services
Here at FocilMed we offer a
full range of vaccines to adults and children that will prevent
the traveller from catching certain diseases and illnesses abroad.
In addition FocilMed has been certified for over 9 years by the
Childrens Health Disability Prevention program to provide high
quality immunization and vaccines to children.
We offer the following
vaccines:
Hepatitis
A
Hepatitis
B
Japanese
Encephalitis
Meningococcal Meningitis
Flu
Polio
Pneumonia
Yellow
Fever
Tetanus/
Diphtheria
Typhoid
Fever (IM)
Typhoid
Fever (oral)
*Please
call us for pricing
*Sources: World Health Organization,
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