Sunday, June 26, 2011

Specialized Healthcare.The Importance of Travel Clinics

Specialization is one of the great things about the modern healthcare system. Although there are numerous things wrong with the American healthcare system, the fact remains that when one needs a particular brand of care you can find it. From the “endocrine system” to “the foot” there’s a doctor out there for you. For those of us who enjoy travel, there are clinics out there to guarantee us the safest and healthiest of trips.



Like all other clinics, travel clinics are staffed by highly trained, certified doctors who provide the best of what’s available. They can and will review your travel itinerary to recommend needed vaccinations depending on what part of the world you are headed to. Many countries require proof of immunization before they will even allow you to enter. Certified travel clinics will have this information and fill you in on any other laws that you must adhere to.



Travel clinics can also provide you with enough of your prescribed medicines that you will feel comfortable knowing that you have the required amount while overseas. Their counseling is tailored to your specific needs and medical history.



You wouldn’t head off into the woods without protection for mosquitoes, would you? So why should you travel to another country without the proper protection? Travel clinics are a great source of information on a particular countries health risks and safety concerns.



If you live in the New York City area and are planning to vacation overseas, log onto Travel Clinic website for the highest quality information and care. They are located just two short blocks from Grand Central Station and are easily accessible by buses and subway. To arrange an appointment, simply call 1-212-696-5900 to speak to one of their helpful and discreet staff members. Take advantage of a travel doctor. We’re lucky to have them.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Protecting Americans Abroad.The Typhoid Vaccination



A typhoid vaccination is recommended for any American traveler planning on visiting parts of South East Asia, the Middle East, Central and South America, and Africa. Although these places aren’t where most American families go to spend their vacation, many of us still to go whether for pleasure or business. Typhoid is a disease that is best left where it is and not brought home with you.



With apologies to those with weak stomachs, typhoid is spread from ingesting food or water that is tainted by infected feces. That’s right, poop. In many of the locations mentioned above, hygiene standards are not very high. Eating food handled from someone who has the disease is an easy way to come down with it yourself. The name of the organism that causes the disease is salmonella typhi.



A vaccination will help keep you healthy, but if you are unlucky enough to travel to one of these hotspots and not be immunized, symptoms include loss of appetite (not to be surprised!), prolonged high fever, headache, coughing and diarrhea. Typhoid is treated with a strong course of antibiotics.



To keep you healthy while abroad visit a certified travel clinic for a typhoid vaccination. There are currently two versions, a live virus that is administered orally, and an inactivated virus form that is administered by mouth. Either way you decide to go, a vaccination is the smart choice.



If you happen to live in the NY area and are in need of a certified travel clinic, log onto Travel Clinic NYC or call 1-212-696-5900 for more info and to set up and appointment. Typhoid is still out there plaguing American travelers. Don’t be one of them.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

NYC Dwellers Take Heed!Vaccines are Needed for World Wide Travel

The world may be alive with the sound of music—but it is also alive with tons of dangerous viruses and bacterium just waiting to infect your healthy flesh and cause intense pain and suffering. If you are from NYC and plan to travel anywhere on the planet protect yourself via vaccines.


In the old days, the explorers would wonder here and wonder there catching yellow fever and typhoid willy nilly. There’s no reason to suffer these indignities any longer. Vaccines exist and we should take full advantage of them. Especially for us softened NYC travelers…

 Diseases that still ravage this wide world range from polio to Japanese encephalitis, from malaria to cholera. These dangers do not lurk only in history books, they are out there waiting to strike. That’s where a NYC certified travel clinic comes into the mix.

 These facilities offer professional analysis of your travel itinerary, and recommend the precise vaccine for the part of the world you are planning on traveling to. Allow the experts to make these decisions. The consequences are way too serious for anything else. 

Vaccines are administered as simple shots—needles—and if you think about it, they hurt much more in your head than in real life. The protection that these travel vaccines provide against these scourges of ancient and contemporary times is well-worth a simple pin prick. Acquiring yellow fever, for instance, and obtaining kidney and liver failure instead of sitting for a 20 second shot, makes no sense whatsoever. 

Okay all you NYC dwellers, if you need a certified travel clinic to administer a travel vaccine or for any other reason, log onto NYC Travel Clinic website. They are an awesome clinic located just two blocks from Grand Central Station (and thus easily accessible by all buses and subways lines). Call 1-212-696-5900 to arrange an appointment at your convenience. Protect yourself from the danger. Don’t think twice.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Vaccination Preparation.Protection From Yellow Fever

It’s a brave new world out there and although the economy is the toilet it is still possible for many of us to live out our dreams, hop on a flight and visit an exotic country of our choosing. When doing this it is important to stay healthy and be protected from dangers that lurk in the corners of this world. Yellow fever is one such danger. It is still prevalent in many countries in Central and South America, Africa and many parts of Asia. Receiving a simple vaccination before you board that plane will do you a world of good.

Yellow fever is an illness passed on by mosquitoes and can be deadly in a small percentage of individuals that acquire it. The others may suffer horrible pain and suffering including severe liver and kidney problems. According the World Health Organization—the premier authority—over two hundred and fifty thousand people will be infected by yellow fever this year alone and out of them over thirty thousand will die a very uncomfortable death. It is for this reason that a vaccination is so important if traveling to the areas mentioned above.
           
A yellow fever immunization is quick and painless, takes only a few moments, and can protect you for about ten full years. All world travelers over the age of nine months should have this vaccination. The only people it is recommended do not have the shot are pregnant women, persons with compromised immune systems because of other illnesses and people allergic to eggs and egg products.

For those in the NYC area in need of a certified travel clinic log onto Travel Clinic New York for access to a highly respected, professional and discreet facility. It is recommended that the yellow fever vaccination be administered at the VERY least two weeks before your trip. Call 1-212-696-5900 to make an appointment today. Preparation can grant you salvation.