When you go on vacation, make sure you and your children are vaccinated against infectious diseases that you may encounter. Especially when you go to a less developed country, it is important to be vaccinated. Everyone should at all times be protected against tetanus and polio, whether they travel or not. Furthermore, the injections depending [...]
DTP stands for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and polio. In the Netherlands, vaccination against these diseases in one vaccine administered to infants when they are 3, 4, 5, and 11 months (from April 1993 is at these ages is also a vaccination against Hib meningitis given). At the age of 4 and 9 years vaccination should [...]
In general vaccination of the entire population against influenza (flu) is not recommended, but some risk groups have an interest in themselves or have them vaccinated. This applies particularly to the elderly.
There is a vaccine for people at risk for infection. If you plan to travel to a country where hepatitis is common and if you are at risk of infection, it is recommended that you have a vaccination. Discuss this with your doctor. At risk include people who come into contact with blood or blood [...]
Hepatic A vaccine is recommended shortly before leaving for areas where poor sanitation and where you are at high risk of hepatitis A get through contact with contaminated food or water, or with someone who is infected.
If you plan to stay long time in areas where rabies (rabies) in animals is common, such as India and parts of South America, then you probably want to build immunity against this virus. This can be done using a vaccine is usually given in three injections on days 1, 8 and 22. This occurred [...]
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 [...]