Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 For those of you taking injections, is it difficult to travel? Sierra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 If you're coming from an area in the Americas that has yellow fever, that vaccine is required in order to be allowed entrance into Costa Rica. Otherwise, it's completely up to you. I only know one person who contracted uncomplicated malaria while travelling, and they recovered. But most travelers I know got the recommended jabs. I think typhoid is caused by salmonella, so as long as you take all the right precautions, that shouldn't be a worry. Hep A... again, precautions. There's just not as much you can do to prevent malaria, but I don't know what the risk level is in Costa Rica. What are the disease rates and risks? > > My family is horrified that we may be taking a trip to Costa Rica, > without being vaccinated. Any comments? Thanks, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 We live in Costa Rica, coming up on three years. Husband 58, me 53, two teens 15 and 16. We have never been vaccinated for yellow fever or taken any malaria pills. Never gotten sick... My biggest health fear here is dengue (which they have in both Florida and Texas) but we don't live in the jungle or at the beach, so are fairly safe. Where are you going to be in the country? There are a couple of good websites to search for info: www.therealcostarica.com and www.welovecostarica.com. On my blog are several lists of blogs and other info sites: www.abroadincostarica.com. Any questions, you can email me. Pura vida, Sally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 So the precautions are: to watch what we eat? and who's to say vaccines would help with that, right? On Sep 30, 2008, at 11:33 AM, happietrout wrote: > If you're coming from an area in the Americas that has yellow fever, > that vaccine is required in order to be allowed entrance into Costa > Rica. Otherwise, it's completely up to you. I only know one person who > contracted uncomplicated malaria while travelling, and they recovered. > But most travelers I know got the recommended jabs. I think typhoid is > caused by salmonella, so as long as you take all the right > precautions, that shouldn't be a worry. Hep A... again, precautions. > There's just not as much you can do to prevent malaria, but I don't > know what the risk level is in Costa Rica. What are the disease rates > and risks? > > > > > > My family is horrified that we may be taking a trip to Costa Rica, > > without being vaccinated. Any comments? Thanks, > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Thanks Sally! I can't believe you live there! How cool. We will be going with a tour group (too tired to plan trip) and we will be going all over the place. What is denque? On Sep 30, 2008, at 6:02 PM, Sally wrote: > We live in Costa Rica, coming up on three years. Husband 58, me 53, > two teens 15 and 16. We have never been vaccinated for yellow fever or > taken any malaria pills. Never gotten sick... My biggest health fear > here is dengue (which they have in both Florida and Texas) but we > don't live in the jungle or at the beach, so are fairly safe. > > Where are you going to be in the country? There are a couple of good > websites to search for info: www.therealcostarica.com and > www.welovecostarica.com. On my blog are several lists of blogs and > other info sites: www.abroadincostarica.com. > > Any questions, you can email me. Pura vida, > Sally > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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