Travel Vaccines

Cholera Travel Vaccine

Cholera Travel Vaccine

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection that can cause severe diarrhoea.

You can catch cholera by drinking unclean water or food, or eating food that has been handled by an infected person. Cholera is common in many third world countries that don’t have a modern sewage system or clean water supply.

Symptoms

Symptoms of cholera include: sudden onset of profuse, watery diarrhoea with associated nausea and vomiting. If untreated, cholera can rapidly lead to serious dehydration, dangerous salt imbalances and shock. Over 50 percent of the most severely affected patients die within a few hours. With prompt, effective treatment, mortality is less than one percent. Cholera may be mild or occur without symptoms in healthy individuals.

Prevention

You can protect yourself against cholera by following good hygiene guidelines. Its also recommended to drink bottled water only and to only eat uncooked food that has been washed with bottled or boiled water and prepared yourself.

The vaccine is given as two doses (one to six weeks apart) and can provide protection for up to two years. Both doses need to have been taken at least seven days before travelling.

The vaccine is recommended if :

You are a humanitarian or aid worker going to an area where a cholera outbreak is likely

You are travelling to an area without a clean water supply or a sewage system and you’ll be visiting remote places with none or limited medical care facilities.

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