Monday, September 15, 2014

Planning journey overseas? Do you have certificate proving Giardia inoculation?

Going overseas for any reason, like business purpose, family trip or a wedding, you need to get yourself vaccinated because of viruses out there in those countries can affect your health.

The most common illness that a traveler might face on their trip is Giardia. It’s a disease that is commonly found in both animals (including cats and dogs) and humans.

Negligence towards this disease can cause Giardiasis, which is also referred as Beaver Fever and found in countries like Mexico, Central America, South America, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and elsewhere on the globe including all of Europe and North America.

The disease is communicable and difficult to identify.
Few common symptoms can help one to judge whether they are suffering from this disease or not. To name a few of those symptoms are: stomach and abdominal cramps, nausea, dehydration, diarrhea, excessive gas and greasy-type stool.

Typically, one gets to experience these symptoms within one to three weeks. The infection spreads into the intestines and become communicable i.e. get passed from one person to another. Usually infection is spread inside the body, but there are few cases in, which this disease occurs outside the body and become difficult to get rid of.

Receiving treatment from a certified travel clinic is must in this case, before one heads on for their journey. In NYC, all necessary travel immunizations would be given to traveler. Depending on the location of travelling, relevant vaccination would be provided that is required for entry. Alongside this, a certificate proving inoculations would be provided to traveler.
         
Travel clinics are not just to provide vaccines, but there for the help of travelers who have been exposed to the Giardia disease. A stool sample would be collected for analysis and based on the results; prescription would be provided that would help treat Giardia effectively.

Besides getting immunized, one gets to learn few ways in travel clinic that helps travelers to gain knowledge about how to get rid of giardia. These include:
  • Doctors recommend not consuming under cooked food that contains organism.
  • Don’t touch any public bathroom door handles
  • Keep your surrounding neat and clean
  • Stay cautious while visiting a farm or place where animals reside
  • Don’t drink water is infected
  • Don’t consume infected lake water or pool water