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Hello everyone
I went to my doctor to get a tetanus shot as I thought I was way overdue, but turns out I had one in 2017 so did not need. However, I did ask if a Hepatitis A/B shot was necessary and he said no (he was told about my upcoming Camino).
What have your experiences been? Did you feel the need to get this vaccine or hear of anyone in your travels on the Camino who contracted Hep A/B?
This is my first Camino so I am in the dark. Even though Spain is a first world country, we just had an outbreak here in my hometown due to a person who had Hep A and was in charge of serving at the deli section. Hundreds of people who bought deli meats at that store had to have the vaccine. Two actually contracted the virus.
Thanks to all those that care to share
Context on that, for anyone scratchingtheir heads: Hep A is spread by eating the wrong (contaminated) things. Hep B is spread by bodily fluids.much more likely to get bit by bedbugs
condoms are sold everywhere
Yes, and if there were a vaccination against them, I'd seriously consider it!much more likely to get bit by bedbugs
Unlikely to contract in my jlmetownRisk assessment with you doctor. Are you in a higher risk croup? Do not answer this. Staff in the medical field get them. Do you have time for the full set. Who pays for them? What are the side effects? Sound you could have used them in your home town? Are you a carrier? Polio updated? Flu shots?
FSMETick-borne encephalitis vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent tick-borne encephalitis, Spain seem to be not to be an area but if you stop anywhere else in Europe.
We used to have warning signes for areas that where infected it’s now so common we have no more signes in Germany. Encephalitis is no fun can speak from expitience. Since you are out in the open so much when walking. I did not encounter any ticks. But I took the normal precautions.
if I ever contracted hep B my husband’s lifespan would be drastically shortenedmuch more likely to get bit by bedbugs
condoms are sold everywhere
Hello everyone
I went to my doctor to get a tetanus shot as I thought I was way overdue, but turns out I had one in 2017 so did not need. However, I did ask if a Hepatitis A/B shot was necessary and he said no (he was told about my upcoming Camino).
What have your experiences been? Did you feel the need to get this vaccine or hear of anyone in your travels on the Camino who contracted Hep A/B?
This is my first Camino so I am in the dark. Even though Spain is a first world country, we just had an outbreak here in my hometown due to a person who had Hep A and was in charge of serving at the deli section. Hundreds of people who bought deli meats at that store had to have the vaccine. Two actually contracted the virus.
Thanks to all those that care to share
I do.Erm, you do realise Spain is not in the developing world?
You don't need to be in "undeveloped" countries to be exposed to a wide range of potential diseases.Erm, you do realise Spain is not in the developing world?
Standard world wide travel vaccinations recommended for UK armed forces:
After all they have been invading various places for a few hundred years and know what it is best for you
- MMR 1 and 2
- Meningitis ACWY and Meningitis B
- Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio
- The BCG Tuberculosis vaccine
- HPV Vaccine (for females only)
- Screening for Rubella if you are working in medicine or healthcare
- Yellow fever
- Typhoid
- Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Anthrax
As a two-time Peace Corps Volunteer in Africa, my battered, yellow WHO card is full of all these + Rabies and Cholera, but never got the Anthrax one - guess I don't qualify for the UK Armed Forces.Can't wait to add Covid-19 when my turn comes.
Oh no! Poor you, @JillGat ! How could I have forgotten those?! Mauritania 86-89 & Niger 91-93RPCV Jamaica, 1989-1990 here. Even though I *had* Hepatitis A, the disease, I was required to take a four hour bus ride to Kingston to get a painful Gamma Globulin shot (pre Hep A vaccine) in the butt and then sit on that butt for four hours on the bumpy bus home every month.
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