Travel Medicine Recommendations
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Anonymous
| We're traveling to India and looking for a doctor who can make sure we've got all the right vaccinations, etc. Recommendations? |
Anonymous
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Farragut travel clinic.
Envy you! |
Anonymous
| Travelers Medical Service on K st. |
Anonymous
ditto. been there for many trips, many continents. whatever you do, make sure you go to a real travel clinic not just a doctor who does travel stuff on the side. they will plug in your exact itinerary and come up with recommendations - for ex. "you will only be in an area with malarial risk for 3 days - do you want to do the whole regimen or just be super careful and wear long sleeves for 3 days?" One time I made the mistake of going to a very well respected doctor who does travel stuff on the side - it may have actually been for india, now that I think about it - and the nurse was there with a map saying "so where is rajasthan again?" Not cool. happy travels! |
Anonymous
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I saw this guy: http://www.aaatravelshots.com/
He was nice and knowledgeable, but very much on the medically conservative side. Correctly decided that one antimalarial was contraindicated for me based on medical history, but wouldn't prescribe the other one that works in my destination because I was pregnant and it wasn't approved for pregnancy. His best compromise was to offer to write me a letter saying that I couldn't travel. I wound up doing my own research -- I'm a physician, though not a travel med specialist -- and prescribed the other one for myself. But if you're situation is less complicated, I'd still recommend him. |
Anonymous
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Bump.
I'm wondering what shots, etc. my four-year-old will require. We're going to India, and if she needs shots I've found that it's much better if she knows in advance (as opposed to being surprised at the doctor's office)! |
Anonymous
if you call they may be able to tell you, or the CDC has good info on the web (esp. if you know what she's had already) |