I need to know which shots to get for my son.
I need to make sure that he does not get malaria or any other disease, because he does not have his spleen.
Serious answers only.
2007-04-09 09:52:08 · 3 answers · asked by Maria T 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Yes, there is a vaccine for malaria but to get more info about the vaccines needed for traveling overseas check with the CDC by going to http://www.cdc.gov as well as talking to his dr.
2007-04-09 12:31:47 · answer #1 · answered by sokokl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the State Department. They have a current list of what epidemics are flourishing in each country.
There is no vaccine for malaria. Mosquito netting is the best defense.
Diseases common in Mexico are hepatitis (he can get a vaccine for A & B); amoebic dysentery (no vaccine, but antibiotics can knock it out); various flukes (from swimming in contaminated fresh water); yellow fever; dengue fever; TB; kissing bug disease; encephalitis, and normal diseases like strep and pneumonia.
2007-04-09 10:57:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Hepatitis A vaccine would definitely be in order for obvious reasons. Make sure all other immunizations are up to date as well. Ask his doc re preventative antibiotics to take while on his trip there.
2007-04-09 12:57:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋