Foreign Travel and Yout Health

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Foreign Travel and Your Health

We all dream of visiting exotic countries. However, you can't just fly off on a whim and expect everything to be all right after you return home.

    Some countries require entry visas. There are places that can pose health risks to you. Some travel does require health certificates and certain immunizations. Your immunization schedule should be up-to-date for your own preventive health care. That means that you should have your boosters of Tetanus-diphtheria every ten years, as well as Hepatitis B vaccine if you did not receive it as a child. Some people also received measles vaccine as children that did not confer life-long immunity. This should be checked and if you are not immune, have the vaccine. (This is especially important for women since German measles ALWAYS causes birth defects if you contract them during pregnancy.) You also may want to consider having the flu vaccine and Enhanced Inactivated Polio Vaccine, which is given only once during adulthood. Hepatitis A vaccine and/or Immune Globulin is recommended by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) for travelers to all areas of the world, except Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Northern and Western Europe, and North America (EXCLUDING Mexico).
    Some areas of the world do require other special health and immunization certificates. The additional vaccines that may be required for certain countries are: polio boosters (the adult version); tetanus-diphtheria if you have not had one in the last ten years; Hepatitis B; Yellow Fever which is recommended for certain parts of South America and Africa; and typhoid vaccine. Almost all your immunizations can be given at one time. Your travel agent frequently does not know or does not tell you the information that you need for travel and immunizations.
    Your best source for travel immunizations requirements is the CDC in Atlanta. Their Web Site on the Internet is excellent for retrieving information. They also have information on Traveler’s Diarrhea. There are recommendations for your physician located at this site as well. Another good site to check out is the International Travel and Health site.
    Your physician will be able to give you the cost of the vaccinations and do them for you. The cost of vaccinations and physician fees should be calculated into the cost of your trip or honeymoon.
    The Honeymoon Planner section of the Modern Bride Web Site is a good way to calculate approximately how much your honeymoon or trip costs will be.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT MAY HELP YOU:

	Center for Disease Control in Atlanta
	International Travel and Health
	Modern Bride Web Site

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