RUM Project … Spot Quiz
What you are supposed to do with old or expired drugs that may be laying around your house? A) flush them down the toilet B) put them in the household rubbish C) thrown them in a fire D) give them to the RUM Project E) use them anyway – waste is bad The correct answer […]
Travelling Children
Travelling Children Some recent studies have documented the likelihood of illness in children travellers. They reported roughly one in 3 children who travel abroad, will acquire a travel-related illness. Diarrhoea, feverish illness, skin conditions, and respiratory problems were the most common. Infected insect bites and sunburn also rated a special mention. Risk varied by age groups […]
Waterways at the Centre of the Earth – From Panama to Darien
TMA Member Goondiwindi : Dr Rowena Sheppard The 77 kilometre long engineering feat known as the Panama Canal, is truly awe inspiring – a testimony to foresight and imagination, and to man’s ability to literally move mountains and to overcome the diverse obstacles of politics, finance, weather, landslides and tropical disease. The story of the canal, is […]
South African Holiday
TMA Member – Geelong Dr Paul Davey Dr Paul Davey the medical director of The Travel Medicine Alliance Clinic Travel Health Geelong has recently travelled to South Africa riding a motor bike for three weeks around this amazing country. Here are his thoughts regarding the safety of this destination. South Africa is a wonderful […]
Kayaking in Remote Solomons - Morovo Lagoon
Prepared by TMA Member Maitland Public Health Physicians also need travel health advice. Another satisfied (and healthy) Chromis customer. And the beautiful fish is our symbol. Check our website www.chromis.com.au for more information on us and our services. As we set out that first day, my daughter was convinced we were in a travel commercial. Under blue skies we paddled through clear warm tropical waters […]
Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS)
… Prepared by TMA Member Maitland: Dr Puru Sagar Chromis A survey among travelers departing from Cuzco International airport in Peru showed that almost half of all travelers (48.5%) interviewed reported symptoms of altitude sickness, and 17% had severe AMS. One in five travelers with AMS was forced to alter their travel plans. Three people […]
Hantavirus
No vaccines will prevent this one though being knowledgeable of your accommodation and environment might help. This rare, but rather topical virus is carried by rodents and can be passed on via contact with their excrement. It occurs in both North and South America and East Asia and was first isolated in 1978 in Korea. No known […]
Hepatitis
Viral Hepatitis A recent major conference in New Zealand has released a statement on this significant disease and its impact for the Australian and New Zealand populations. By world standards we are low risk for viral hepatitis HOWEVER about half a million people are living with the consequences of the disease in the two above […]
True Travel Adventure of a Mid Sixties Lady
“Just do it”, ”Life be in it” and “seize the day” are common enough motivational and marketing phases so it’s refreshing when you meet ‘the real deal’. J.M. is a mid sixties female patient of mine with significant asthma. You could imagine her in the CWA or playing bingo at the local RSL. Scratch […]
South Pacific – Other precautions
Dr Colleen Lau Food and Water-borne Diseases The same precautions with food and water for developing countries apply in the Pacific Islands: Cook it, peel it, boil it, or forget it! However, it is not always easy to follow these rules at all times during travel. Depending on your trip, your travel doctor might recommend vaccinations for […]