I am going to ghana, in West Africa, and I have loads of recommended and required shot to get. Wanted to know if anyone has had them, did they help, any side affect. Any information I should know
vaccinations I was told to get: yellow fever, Hep A, tentanous, typhoid fever, menangitis, malaria and polio
2007-03-20 09:10:38 · 3 answers · asked by soursop22 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Hi,
I'm in Africa now and had to get most of these. Yellow fever is the strongest one really, you may feel out of it after the shot, which can sometimes be painful. Malaria does not have a vaccine, but you will have to take prophylaxis (prevention tablets). There are several types, and this will be decided based on your tolerance and the sensitivity patterns in Ghana. I'm taking Doxycycline, which is taken daily after eating. Be sure to start well before you leave so that you can change the malaria prophylaxix if you have unwanted side effects.
If you're going to be in the wilderness, I highly recommend you take a course of rabies vaccination. There are many dogs around (wild), and you may not always have access to the post-exposure shots in the unlikely case you are bitten by dog/bat/etc.
Hope this helps.
2007-03-20 09:22:33 · answer #1 · answered by Blah? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's the norn for vacationing.. every time you visit a diverse us of a no mater the place you ought to get photos. that's no longer which you will get some sort of an infection or disease that's just to sidestep i say go forward and have exciting in ghana..
2016-10-02 11:19:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well my friend just went to the dominican
and he told me he had to take pills 2 weeks before he went and like a week after he got back
2007-03-20 09:18:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋