The Traveller's Healthbook, 2nd

by Dr. Nick Beeching & Jonathan Lorie

• ISBN13: 9780905802121
• ISBN10: 0905802128
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Footprint Handbooks

Summary

This updated and redesigned pocket-sized guide to traveller's health anywhere in the world contains advice from expert doctors and seasoned travellers. It is designed for all ages and experience, from first-time travellers to frequent fliers, business travellers, backpackers, adventurers, explorers and overlanders. Using simple language, the book's coverage is global to suit all destinations and activities, whether mainstream or adventurous. Health profiles of every country in the world are detailed - vaccinations required, the best hospitals, health risks and safety issues. Foreign diseases are covered, and how to recognize and treat them. Survival advice is provided for emergency conditions - in jungle, desert, extreme cold or at sea - as well as answers to common questions about food hygiene, health insurance, jetlag and medical kits. Contributors include: Sharon Welby, a lecturer in travel medicine; Saye Khoo, an Everest expedition medical advisor; John Blashford-Snell, founder of Operation Raleigh and expedition leader; Mike Stroud, medical advisor on Ranulph Fiennes' expeditions; Robin Hanbury- Tenison, explorer and broadcaster; and Hilary Bradt, founder of Bradt Travel Guides.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Before you go
Health planning	p. 9
When to go	p. 15
Vaccinations	p. 23
The essential medical kit	p. 31
Medical insurance	p. 34
Day-to-day health
General issues	p. 39
Water purification	p. 45
Food on the move	p. 53
Travel stress	p. 60
Culture shock	p. 64
Jet lag	p. 70
Flying in comfort	p. 74
Coming home	p. 77
Common illnesses
Travellers' diseases	p. 82
Malaria	p. 82
If you can't stand the heat	p. 91
Diarrhoeal illness	p. 94
Sex abroad	p. 97
High altitude, cold feet?	p. 100
Rabies	p. 105
Bilharzia (schistosomiasis)	p. 109
Extreme situations
Creatures that bite	p. 113
Injections and blood transfusions	p. 118
Surviving the jungle	p. 120
Surviving the desert	p. 124
Surviving the cold	p. 129
Surviving the sea	p. 139
Disease checklist
Amoebiasis	p. 143
Cholera	p. 143
Cutaneous larva migrans	p. 143
Dengue fever	p. 144
Diphtheria	p. 144
Encephalitis (Viral)	p. 145
Encephalitis (Japanese)	p. 145
Encephalitis (St Louis)	p. 146
Encephalitis (Tick-borne)	p. 146
Filariasis (Bancroftian)	p. 146
Giardiasis	p. 147
Hepatitis	p. 147
Jiggers	p. 147
Leishmaniasis	p. 148
Leptospirosis	p. 148
Lyme disease	p. 149
Malaria	p. 149
Meningitis	p. 149
Myiasis	p. 149
Plague	p. 150
Polio	p. 150
Rabies	p. 151
Tetanus	p. 151
Trypanosomiasis	p. 151
Tuberculosis	p. 152
Typhoid	p. 152
Typhus	p. 153
Typhus (Tick and Scrub)	p. 153
Viral haemorrhagic fevers	p. 153
Worms	p. 154
Yellow fever	p. 154
Directory
Country-by-country health profiles	p. 156
Quality of healthcare worldwide	p. 183
Worldwide vaccinations guide	p. 184
Vaccination and information centres	p. 190
British Airways travel clinics	p. 193
Medical kit suppliers	p. 195
Medical kit checklist	p. 196
Useful reading	p. 201
HIV/AIDS information	p. 202
Alternative medicine sources	p. 203
The relative risks	p. 204
Notes on contributors	p. 205
WEXAS membership offer	p. 207
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