Vietnam Health Tips Mercy Immersion Project 2013
Information provided tonight is the opinion of the speaker, Dr Dan Manahan This information is general in nature You are strongly advised to see your doctor or a travel health professional ASAP to prepare for a visit to Vietnam This session does not replace a doctor visit Vaccination requires time - see your doctor soon. Vietnam Health Tips
General Health Health in Vietnam Vaccination Mosquito borne illness Water borne illness When will I get sick Questions Vietnam Health Tips
General Health Personal Health – Own profile, diseases, medications, disabilities – Letter from your doctor Common Sense – Injury – Exposures Unknowns, Accidents, Violence, Nature
Health in Vietnam Tropical Country Typhoons Developing Country Cultural aspects Endemic Diseases – Malaria, Dengue, JE, TB, HIV, Typhoid, Parasitoses, Influenza
Vaccination Usual Vaccines – Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Hep B, MMR, Flu – Typhoid – Hep A and Hep B combo – Cholera – JE -Japanese Encephalitis – Rabies (only if bitten)
Hepatitis A and B (adult >15 and junior) Twinrix - $76 each I_v3.0_clean_pdf_version.pdf Diptheria and Tetanus Adult (>5) Diptheria and Tetanus - ADT ADT - $19 each Diptheris Tetanus Pertussis (>10) Boostrix - $36 each MI_Version_2.0.pdf Typhoid, Salmonella typhi inj(>2) Typhim - $49 each Typhoid, Salmonella typhi oral(>6) Vivotif - $40 Japanese Encephalitis (>18) Jespect - $156 each Cholera (>2) Dukoral Twin pack - $86 each Measles Mumps Rubella Priorix MMR Chicken Pox Varilix (>9/12) Influenza (>5) Fluvax
Mosquito Borne Illness Malaria Japanese Encephalitis Dengue
Water Borne Illness Typhoid Amoebiais Worms Cystercercosis Travellers Diarrhoea Plenty others
When will I get sick Travellers Diarrhoea – quick Malaria, Dengue – when home If you develop a fever and any type of illness over the following 2 months ensure you see your doctor and advise them you were in Vietnam and when and where
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