The Travel Doctor
Traveller's medical & vaccination centre
Fact SheetsHealthy Travel Fact SheetsStaying healthy during travel is important & time lost through illness can impact on the enjoyment of travel not to mention the cost. |
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The Travel Doctor-TMVC Fact Sheets are a useful resource for all travellers as well as travel agents, GPs & media. Some of the information in the Fact Sheets at this section of the website can also be found in the Travel Doctor-TMVC’s publication “A Health Guide for International Travellers" – which is provided to each patient when they have a travel consultation as part of their travel health preparation.
These Fact Sheets are reviewed & updated on a regular basis. We hope you find them useful in preparing for your trip.
• Altitude Sickness
• Coughs, Cold & Chest Infections
• Deep Venous Thrombosis
• Diabetes & Travel
• Diseases Transmitted Through Food & Water (Vaccine Preventable)
• Drinking & Eating Safely
• Health & Cruise ships
• Heart Disease & Travel
• Insect Avoidance Measures
• Jet Lag
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases STD's
•The Pregnant Traveller
• Traveller's Medical Kits
• Travellers Diarrhoea
• Travelling With Children
• Travelling With Prescription Medication
• Vaccinations Before Travel
• Vaccination Side Effects
• Womens Health Issues
Infectious Diseases
The following fact sheets describe various infectious diseases that can occur in some tropical areas.
• African Sleeping Sickness — Trypanosomiasis
• Avian Influenza
• Chikungunya Fever
• Cholera
• Dengue Fever, & DHF
• Diphtheria
• Epidemic Louse-borne Typhus Fever
• Influenza
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Malaria
• Malaria for Longterm & Ex-Patriate Workers
• Measles
• Meningococcal Meningitis
• Plague
• Rabies
• Schistosomiasis
• Tick-borne encephalitis
• Tuberculosis
