typhoid in Roatan

[Scotttyd]

not that I come to the internet to get my medical advice - but I though I would throw this out there. I am doing reserach on what preventatives I need before traveling to Roatan. I know Malaria, but was the CDC recommends the thyphoid vaccination as well if traveling - but is very vague on where you are traveling if you need it.

Not trying to start a debate, just wondering how many of you get it and how many of you don't? (It is only 50-80% effective) and I know can have some side effects.

Thanks

 

[DandyDon]

Nope. I always do the Malaria preventative as it's cheap enough and doesn't bother me, but not that one. If you search net news for the disease with the correct spelling, you'll see where it is active in the world, but when I search news for typhoid honduras - nothing. The CDC may well have reasons for keeping it on the list, but it doesn't seem to be a current problem affecting visiting tourists.

 

[Scotttyd]

Nope. I always do the Malaria preventative as it's cheap enough and doesn't bother me, but not that one. If you search net news for the disease with the correct spelling, you'll see where it is active in the world, but when I search news for typhoid honduras - nothing. The CDC may well have reasons for keeping it on the list, but it doesn't seem to be a current problem affecting visiting tourists.

thyphoid is the correct spelling - it is the rare strain that often appears in remote parts of thailand

Thanks - I am going to a travel doc anyway to get my hep a vaccination (for another trip) and figured I would do a little bit of research before hand. Doesn't look like many people get the typhoid vaccine. When I worked at a pharmacy near a travel doc I have filled the script many many times, but I am not sure where they were headed.

 

[DandyDon]

thyphoid is the correct spelling - it is the rare strain that often appears in remote parts of thailand

Haha @ Google - you didn't know that...!

Thanks - I am going to a travel doc anyway to get my hep a vaccination (for another trip) and figured I would do a little bit of research before hand. Doesn't look like many people get the typhoid vaccine. When I worked at a pharmacy near a travel doc I have filled the script many many times, but I am not sure where they were headed.

Hep A & B are excellent vaccinations even for US citizens who never leave, for different reasons. I doubt that many going to Roatan bother seeing a travel doc, but it can't hurt. I get most vaccinations at county health - much cheaper.

Now if I were traveling to Africa, or even the Pacific Islands, then I would consider typhoid and additional suggestions. Maybe that travel doc was seeing a lot of people headed overseas?

Have a good trip. ilot:

 

[RTBDiver]

thyphoid is the correct spelling - it is the rare strain that often appears in remote parts of thailand

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Oh come on, If you really meant THyphoid then you would already known that it is not found in the Bay Islands

 

[DeputyDan]

It's a good ideal to get Hep A and B regardless of where your travels take you!

Scotttyd you going with Bruce to Coco View in June?
I thought about it - but my daughters want to go to Belize.

 

[Scotttyd]

hey dan, I am going with Herman and a group of vintage divers (and tony) in may to roatan - and have to have hep b for work, and just finished up hep a (had to have first shot before Ecuador). I decided to go ahead and get the typhoid - figured it couldn't hurt, and I have some other travel plans hopefully in the future - so I am good for 5 years.

 

[DandyDon]

hey dan, I am going with Herman and a group of vintage divers (and tony) in may to roatan - and have to have hep b for work, and just finished up hep a (had to have first shot before Ecuador). I decided to go ahead and get the typhoid - figured it couldn't hurt, and I have some other travel plans hopefully in the future - so I am good for 5 years.

Hep B for work? I didn't know anyone required such. It is a good idea even tho exposure is easy to limit. Exposure to Hep A is more difficult to avoid and the vaccine a good idea for anyone who ever eats out. Good that you're covered on both, and I am glad my grandkids are required to get both. There are other Hep strains still but it's good to do what we can.

I guess the typhoid shot is better safe than risk sorry as long as there are no side effects incurred. I won't, but to each his own.

I encouraged all my FB friends to get their flu shots last fall, in spite of idiots commenting that they were dangerous, claiming fake science, etc. Now, week after week I read where some are horribly ill and I have to bite my tongue to avoid quizzing them. No one ever claims they got flu in spite of the vaccine, even tho that can certainly happen in different ways, so I got to suspect.

Always good to do a few pushups then & there to prevent soreness.

 

[Scotttyd]

Hep B for work? I didn't know anyone required such.

work in a hospital - pretty much any hospital requires it

 

[LiquidDivingAdventure]

I'd urge caution with preventative malaria meds and diving. There are some cautionary articles on specific medications and diving.
the use of Mefloquine (Lariam) by divers is not universally accepted by all dive medicine professionals. Please consult the dive operator at your destination for the local opinon regarding Mefloquine (Lariam).