Vaccinations for travel.
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- grafiske
I've recently come across some humans who think it is not necessary to be vaccinated for travel.
I am supposed to get Hep A/B and Typhoid.
Anyone ever go without the vaccines or have thoughts on it either way?
- sea_sea0
i guess it would depend on what part of the world your traveling to obviously. going into a jungle? do it.
- raf0
I am against unnecessary vaccination, but got vaccinated for 5 different diseases prior to going to Southeast Asia:
Hepatitis A/B, Typhoid, Tetanus, Diphtheria.Just one tip: try to spread them in time rather than taking them all at once. A vaccination is always a shock for the immune system and having to deal with different vaccines at the same time is quite intense for it.
- bjladams0
i've travel internationally quite a bit, and about 5 years ago i felt confident enough to stop taking/updating the recommended vaccines. last year I went back to thailand and was working in the jungle near the burma boarder. 6 weeks upon returning I got quite ill and then completely lost my hearing. dr's dont know the cause, but lean towards some sort of virus/parasite triggering it. i'm still totally deaf today. i'd recommend getting them.
- damn, i remember about you saying you were def b4, i didn't realize how it happened thoughmoldero
- nuts manmoldero
- aye, it is.
but life goes on :-)bjladams - Amazing story, glad to hear that you persevered...utopian
- holly molly. some serious stuff there.akrok
- there you have it, fucken get vaccinatedpinkfloyd
- raf0
Even a doctor friend who always said a lot of vaccines were unnecessary/dangerous/weakening immune system said I better take those for travel, especially Hepatitis A/B.
- non0
I'm going to Vietnam and getting TwinRix + Typhoid + Polio all at once.
MAN UP! ;)
- bjladams0
all up, i've spent 52 weeks in third world countries. 50 of those went rather well as far as not needing vaccines.