Vaccination is voluntary, but sometimes there are situations when it is not only desirable but necessary to do a certain vaccination. This is well known to those who love to travel. The fact is that the epidemiological situation in different countries is radically different. If in the CIS countries there is a high probability of infection with hepatitis or tuberculosis, in Africa and some Latin American countries tourists are threatened by no less serious disease - yellow fever. With this difficult to diagnose and deadly disease the organism of our compatriots can not cope without the preparation of immunity. That's why vaccination against yellow fever is a must.
Insidious disease
Yellow fever refers to viral hemorrhagic diseases that occur in an acute form. And the mosquito is the carrier of this terrible disease. This fever was given its name due to yellowing of the skin in patients infected with it. Every second, who has received a bite, dies, and more than 200,000 people are infected each year! Are you still sure that the yellow fever vaccine is a whim of tour operators, border guards and customs officers?
According to WHO, the endemic of this virus is observed in the whole of Africa and in the tropical regions of Latin America. If you decide to spend your vacation in these countries, we recommend that you get a yellow fever vaccination no less than ten days before your planned departure. By the way, there are few recommendations for visiting a number of countries. To visit, for example, Tanzania, Mali, Rwanda, Cameroon or Niger, you need to provide a certificate confirming that the vaccination against yellow fever, which costs 10-30 dollars, has already been done to you. In hospitals at the place of propiska, it can be made free of charge if there is an appropriate vaccine. Whatever the cost of the certificate, its acquisition is worth it, because the document is ten years old.
Characteristics of the vaccine against yellow fever
As already mentioned, this vaccine should be done at least one week before going to endemic regions. One injection in the subscapular region - and you are protected for a full ten years against yellow fever. You may not need to be vaccinated again, if there are plans to visit Africa, no. By the way, the vaccine can be administered from the age of nine months. If there is a high probability of infection, then vaccination is allowed and at four months of age.
The reaction to the introduction of an antiplatelet vaccine does not usually occur. In rare cases, hyperemia develops, and the injection site slightly swells. On the 4th-10th day after the injection, the temperature, headaches, chills and general deterioration of the state of health can be observed. As for the serious consequences after vaccination against yellow fever, allergic reactions are possible. By the way, alcohol during the first ten days after the vaccination against yellow fever is contraindicated, since the body directs all forces to the development of antibodies, and alcohol drinks are selected. In young children, several cases of encephalitis after vaccination are described.
As for contraindications for vaccination against yellow fever, there are not many of them. In addition to contraindications that are common with other live vaccines ( ARVI, colds , fever, infections, etc.), you can not get vaccinated if you develop allergic reactions to chicken eggs. To get vaccinated, you need to start taking an antihistamine. Remember, if you are forced to take antibiotics, then with vaccination against yellow fever should be delayed.
Securing yourself against such a dangerous disease, you will not worry about the possibility of infection, and spend time in an exotic country fun and carefree!