Hi, i'm traveling in January to Sri Lanka. What kind of vaccinations are required and which are recomended?? I will be staying in Negombo, but going to see the country as well.
2007-11-16 04:36:23 · 6 answers · asked by Sunshine82 2 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Health & Safety
The NHS has good info on required and recommended vaccinations. Once you have this info, speak to your GP as he/she will suggest the best brand based on your health (to make sure there are no adverse affects).
2007-11-16 04:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by Penfold 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It relies upon the position you're stepping into Sri Lanka - in case you'd be in Colombo you do not favor to take malaria pills. I travelled for the time of Sri Lanka and not took malaria pills and that i changed into positive. that's a own determination extremely - now and again the consequences of the pills are extremely undesirable...and that i have acquaintances that, at the same time as they were given malaria (in Indonesia), in basic terms offered the pills there and took them for 3 days and that labored positive. All medicine in Sri Lanka is a lot more lower priced then interior the U. S. and easy to arise with once you're there. with reference to vaccinations, i'd get Hepatitis images. i imagine there might want to correctly be another that i'm able to't bear in mind. And definite there are a variety of of mosquitos so deliver some DEET spray.. they are extra demanding than something else. Have an extremely good holiday - Sri Lanka is wonderful!
2016-10-24 08:29:53 · answer #2 · answered by riedinger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The recommended vaccinations for travel to Sri Lanka are Malaria, Hepatitis A and Typhoid. Your GP can advise you further and provide these, there may be a charge.
2007-11-16 04:56:52 · answer #3 · answered by jamesawild 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Td (Tetanus and Difteria), Polio, Typhoid Fever and Hepatitis A if you stay shorter than 3 months. For stays longer than 3 months Hepatitis B and Rabies vaccination is also recommended. Yellow fever is mandatory if you travel from South America or Africa. Don't forget to use DEET or Icaridin or against malaria during the evening and nights and a mosquito bed net and DEET or Icaridin during the day against dengue fever.
2007-11-16 08:37:15 · answer #4 · answered by Robin R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with the website for the US Center for Disease Control or your national health service to see what they recommend. Here's the CDC page on that: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentVaccinations.aspx A travel medicine doctor can tell you what you need and administer the vaccinations and any prescriptions you need.
Here is our page on health tips: http://www.mousetourstravels.com/international-travel-health-tips.html and our page on vaccinations: http://www.mousetourstravels.com/international-travel-health-vaccinations.html
and on malaria pills in case you need those: http://www.mousetourstravels.com/malaria.html
And don't forget to pack Pepto-Bismol.... we never leave home without it, though we do take the tablets now. You can read what we have to say on that.... it's the best for not bringing your intestines home in a bag! http://www.mousetourstravels.com/pepto-bismol.html
Happy travels... even if you don't travel the world... just remember that life is a journey... embrace and enjoy it! http://www.mousetourstravels.com
2007-11-17 01:22:26 · answer #5 · answered by Travel Mouse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
best person is your GP and also you can try your local chemist or thier web site. happy hols
2007-11-16 04:43:56 · answer #6 · answered by Bharat P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋