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Travel Medicine / Vaccination / Immunization Forum
Questions in the Travel Medicine forum are answered by Dr. Philip D Parks, affiliated with Harvard School of Public Health. Topics covered include disease prevention, finding a doctor abroad, food and water safety, illness and injury abroad, mosquito and tick protection, resources for travelers, traveling with children or pets, traveling with special needs, vaccinations and immunizations.
Questions
My daughter is traveling to Israel for 2 weeks What meds and preparation do I need to send with her?
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I returned from Belize 10 weeks ago. I had started weekly Aralen 10 days prior to my departure and took 3 or 4 weekly doses but t...
I am a doctor and could use some input. Patient is a healthy 17 y/o WM who will be spending one month in remote areas of Thailand. He wil...
I am a 41 year old female who spent two weeks in the Ivory Coast of W. Africa in 1996. Upon returning I had stroke-like symptoms (slowed...
Dear Dr. Parks, I have been having numorous health problems for years. What is consistant is low ferriten levels -4, elevated eosinephi...
hey i am a 22 yr old male from australia and i have been in thailand 4 days.
A week before i left for my trip i had just got over the f...
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