Category: Travel Health & Vaccination
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Planning a Tropical Holiday? Don’t Forget Your Dengue Fever Protection
A tropical holiday always reminds me of white sandy beaches, rainforests, colourful cocktails and sunbaked adventures. But as you pack your swimsuits, sunscreens and sunglasses, one thing that most travellers forget to pack is dengue fever protection. Mosquitoes spread dengue fever—also called breakbone fever because of its intense muscle and joint pains—which has become pandemic…
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Cholera Vaccine Options: Dukoral vs. Vaxchora—Which One is Right for You?
Most travellers consider packing, flight booking and itineraries when planning a trip to a foreign country. What tends to fall between the cracks, though, is coverage against travelling diseases. Although cholera is uncommon in most developed nations, the disease is of concern in areas where there is inadequate sanitation or insufficient clean water. Vaccination may…
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Is the Chickenpox Vaccine Right for Your Child?
Most parents are faced with tough choices regarding the health of their children. Among these choices is whether or not to vaccinate your child against chickenpox (varicella). Although most of us recall our childhood experience with chickenpox as a common childhood disease, the times have changed, and with the success of a safe and effective…
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Are Private Travel Vaccines Worth the Cost?
It could be a very thrilling experience driving across the ocean – the time to explore new cultures, foods and sceneries. With the excitement comes the responsibility of protection of your health. Vaccination is one of the important details of preparation that should beckon many destinations. Other vaccines may be accessed through a public healthcare…
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Where to Get Travel Vaccines in Burton-on-Trent
When travelling abroad and wanting to have a convenient and trusted travel immunisation procedure in the city of Burton-on-Trent, here is a helpful, non-technical explanation of what to expect. So you can make the vacation more secure and worry-free. Best Places to Find Travelling Vaccines in Burton-on-Trent CityDoc In Pharmacy Travel Clinic (Trent Pharmacy, Calais…
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Top 10 Essential Travel Vaccinations for UK Tourists
One of the best things that can happen to a person is travelling. No matter whether you are going to fly to an exotic destination, wander around the city streets, or go hiking somewhere in the backcountry, you have to plan it all out. When you get all excited about booking your flights and packing…
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Why You Shouldn’t Travel Without a Hepatitis A & B Vaccine
Waggon riding is not a primary experience in life, but alongside it is one of the most fabulous aspects of life. This is travel, experiencing new cultures, trying new dishes and visiting mesmerising locations. However, to accompany the excitement, travelling may put you in several health hazards that you might as well have avoided back…
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Needles, Sharps & Swabs: A Beginner’s Guide to Injection Safety at Home
Injections at home have become a common practise among many who are needed to administer the medications that diagnose their chronic diseases such as diabetes, hormone replacement therapies, or B vitamin deficiencies. Injections may be scary at onset, but the fear can be quelled through appropriate information and preparation, and become a painless yet well-controlled…