To date there is no vaccine against malaria, but there are effective, preventive resources. You might consider proguanil, chloroquine or a combination of two drugs to take when going to a country where malaria is prevalent. You must be on the day of departure with one or both of these drugs to take. Four weeks [...]
Cholera occurs mainly in regions of the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Because the current vaccine only limited protection, it is not recommended in our country. Of great importance in the prevention of cholera is a hygienic way of life.
If you travel to an area where typhoid occur, a typhoid vaccine is recommended slain. This vaccine consists of two injections with an interval of at least one month or three capsules. If a longer period in a country where typhoid occur, a booster (a repetition of the vaccination) every three years required.
A live virus vaccine is recommended for those traveling to certain areas in Africa and South America where the disease is still widespread. This vaccination should be repeated every ten years.
When you travel to a country where social conditions, climate and sanitation are very different here than the chance of gastrointestinal upset is always present. It’s obviously not that you will always suffer from traveler’s diarrhea or “turista” but the opportunity is big. Traveller’s diarrhea can have several causes, thinking of what you eat or [...]
The reaction of the immune system to substances that the body knows that they could compromise an allergy. Usually these substances are benign and helpful, however, the body reacts to it here if it were something bad and then prduceert antibodies to defend themselves. Well to have an allergy what is now, it’s important to [...]
Without blood in our body, we would not live. Blood is very important for various functions in the body. It ensures, for example that the inhaled oxygen in our body to all tissues in our body. It also moves the carbon dioxide back out. Blood carries not only oxygen, it also transports nutrients from the [...]