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Malaria!!!! Gathered in Thailand on Koh Chang (island) with an excursion to Cambodia! The travel agency advised
Gathered in Thailand on Koh Chang (island) with an excursion to Cambodia. The travel agency advised to drink delagil or lariam to prevent malaria. After reading about these drugs, I learned that in Thailand and Cambodia the virus has immunity to the drug delagil. And Lariam is included in the list of very harmful and dangerous drugs (bad for the psyche, kidneys, liver).
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Gathered in Thailand on Koh Chang (island) with an excursion to Cambodia. The travel agency advised to drink delagil or lariam to prevent malaria. After reading about these drugs, I learned that in Thailand and Cambodia the virus has immunity to the drug delagil. And Lariam is included in the list of very harmful and dangerous drugs (bad for the psyche, kidneys, liver).
Advise who was in these countries, how are you about
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If you don't do stupid things... If you are not going to spend your trip in the swamps in the jungle, nothing threatens you. The chance of catching malaria on the beaches of Koh Chang or in Angkor Wat is practically zero.
And what kind of agency is this, if not a secret?
And what kind of agency is this, if not a secret?
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answered 15 years ago
Do not try to drink anything! There is a problem of 99% having side effects from drugs and 1% getting malaria.
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answered 15 years ago
I commend the TA's actions to warn against possible dangers. Statistics show the growth of malaria in Ukraine and Russia. Moreover, there are cases of infection of tourists in Sharm and in Hurghada and to the south, with two different types of plasmodium. If I'm not mistaken, the peak is in spring and early summer. Of course, the probability of this is very small.
It is almost impossible to get infected on the islands of Thailand; in the swampy regions of the mainland, the danger is higher.
But I think that the usual measures will be enough:
- Don't go to bed without swatting all the mosquitoes in the room.
- At nightfall, wear clothing that covers the body
- Spray hands and face with repellent purchased from local stores.
- Upon returning from tropical countries within 3 years, in case of illness, inform the doctors that they were in the tropics.
I would not take prophylactic anti-malaria drugs, but this is IMHO my opinion.
It is almost impossible to get infected on the islands of Thailand; in the swampy regions of the mainland, the danger is higher.
But I think that the usual measures will be enough:
- Don't go to bed without swatting all the mosquitoes in the room.
- At nightfall, wear clothing that covers the body
- Spray hands and face with repellent purchased from local stores.
- Upon returning from tropical countries within 3 years, in case of illness, inform the doctors that they were in the tropics.
I would not take prophylactic anti-malaria drugs, but this is IMHO my opinion.
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answered 15 years ago
In 1988, I had a cruise on the Mediterranean Sea - Greece, Italy, Syria, Cyprus, Turkey. was taken before the trip, on the card on the front page it is printed - "When you first contact a doctor with an elevated body temperature within two years after returning from abroad, examine the blood for malaria, microfilaria, trypanosomes in a smear and colon." After returning, it was necessary to pass feces for analysis within a week, and when I decided that it would do, the infectious disease doctor found me at work and I was not allowed to see her until I had done all this.
Many years have passed. Behind many journeys. No one else ever forced me to do THIS, but I always remember a lecture by a doctor (conscientiously caught) about the dangers in the waters of Turkey.
Many years have passed. Behind many journeys. No one else ever forced me to do THIS, but I always remember a lecture by a doctor (conscientiously caught) about the dangers in the waters of Turkey.
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answered 15 years ago
In Thailand, Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket and Chiang Mai are considered safe areas for malaria. The rest are questionable. Cambodia is not safe at all. It is well known that all Slavs neglect security measures. consul (or ambassador) of Russia in Mozambique. Malaria is difficult to diagnose, the symptoms are varied, there is nothing to look for good epidemiologists in the district clinic. Therefore, elementary precautions (even non-drug ones) will not interfere.
http://www.mtoimpex.com.ua/archives/48
http://www.mtoimpex.com.ua/archives/48
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answered 15 years ago
I don't convince anyone of anything. Just a fact from my own life: in the winter, at the beginning of January 2004, in Sharm, in a serious five-star hotel, I managed to catch malaria. I was also feverish "out of the box" - 2.5 months after my return. Before the first trip to Egypt, he had no idea about the need for malaria chemoprophylaxis. It would have been better if I had “gotten” with delagil in a prophylactic dose “before ... From the same therapeutic dose of the same delagil, the liver ached for a very long time. Well, you think for yourself, decide for yourself ...; 0)
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answered 14 years ago