What Common Vaccines or Medications A Travel Clinic May Recommend for International Travel?

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Are you traveling outside of the UK? Protect yourself always, and develop immunity before travelling to unfamiliar places, environments, climates, and situations. 

We all want to return safely and stay healthy from our travel. However, if you are looking for a way to increase your level of protection, vaccinations and medicines are your travel buddies. 

The Vaccines That We Need When Traveling

The NHS offers free vaccines if your GP is signed up for immunisation services. These vaccines are polio DTAP, typhoid, hepatitis A and cholera. 

However, there are vaccines that we have to pay for, such as:

·         Hepatitis B

·         Japanese Encephalitis 

·         Meningitis Vaccines

·         Rabies

·         Tuberculosis

·         Yellow fever

·         Chickenpox

·         Flu shot

The NHS also provides a list of every country’s travel information and advice on how to stay safe and healthy abroad.  

The Medicines We Need When Traveling

Medicines are helpful solutions to our health concerns no matter where we are. There is a list below of the advised medicines that we need to carry when we are abroad: 

Diabetes medication and monitoring equipment

·         HIV Medication 

·         Controlled Medicines – are painkillers or opiate substitutes 

·         Epinephrine auto-injectors – for severe allergic reactions 

·         Antimalarial tablets 

·         Anti-histamines – for mild to moderate allergic reactions 

·         Antibiotics- for increasing the chances of a bacteria 

·         Water Purification tablets 

·         Insect Bite Topical Medicine

·         Sun Protection Topical Cream 

Other Important Things You Need to Consider

Visit a travel clinic months or 6-8 weeks before your travel. Some vaccines are given in doses and in months apart. 

Visiting a travel clinic in advance will help your body develop immunity after vaccines are given. 

If you suspect that you are pregnant, if you are breastfeeding, have any immune deficiencies such as HIV or have just gone through an organ transplant, it is best to see a GP in a travel clinic. 

Where is the best travel clinic in London? 

Check and visit Pearl Chemist Group travel clinics located in the following areas: 

·         Streatham

·         Earlsfield

·         Morden 

·         Merton 

They provide all the necessary vaccines and medicine, from first aid kits to pain relief tablets. 

You may also shop at Pearl Chemist Group online or visit their clinic for your vaccination and check-up before travelling. 

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