Travel Health Guide

by Wise, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781554076154
• ISBN10: 1554076153
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-03
• Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd

Summary

Everyting You Need to Know Before You Leave, While You're Away, After You're Back

Author Biography

Dr. Mark Wise is a family physician specializing in travel and tropical medicine. He has traveled to most parts of the world and regularly speaks on travel medicine to medical and nonmedical groups.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Before you Leave
Before You Leave	p. 11
Getting Ready	p. 11
Pre-travel Inoculation	p. 13
Are You Fit to Fly?	p. 35
Special Travelers	p. 36
Medical Care Abroad	p. 51
First Aid	p. 56
The Joys of Travel	p. 59
Flight	p. 59
Sun Exposure	p. 67
Motion Sickness	p. 70
Altitude Sickness	p. 72
Traveler's Diarrhea	p. 78
Culture Shock and Personal Safety	p. 85
What is Culture Shock?	p. 85
Personal Safety	p. 90
Sexually Transmitted Infection (STIs)	p. 96
While you're away
Bites and Stings	p. 104
Insects	p. 104
Snakes	p. 108
Scorpions	p. 112
Spiders	p. 113
Some Other Creatures	p. 114
Malaria	p. 118
After You're Back
Welcome Home	p. 136
Fever	p. 136
Stomach Troubles	p. 141
Worms	p. 144
Skin Problems	p. 147
Appendix of Infectious Diseases & Conditions
Further Reading	p. 174
Index	p. 176
Acknowledgments	p. 186
Notes	p. 187
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