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lizziebennet
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 Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:02 pm Post subject: Travel shots |
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Hey there, I need to go to the travel clinic tomorrow and get some shots!
Have you guys got shots if so which ones! Did you get all of the ones beloe?
Saudi Vets, any advice?
Hepatitus A
Typhoid
Tetanus - diphtheria
Meningococcal
Yellow Fever (coming from South Africa which is not a yellow fever zone as far as I know) |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Everyone should get Hep A and Tetanus... don't know about the others for Saudi. I never got them for the rest of the Gulf, but because of the many people that arrive for the Haj, maybe others are recommended.
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Stephen Jones
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Have never taken any shots before coming to Saudi and don't know anyone who has. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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No shots are mandatory (unless you're going for Hajj or Umrah), but Hep A and B and tetanus are recommended.
I never got any, either.
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John |
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Stephen Jones
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Hep B used to be endemic in the Kingdom then they started vaccinating primary school children. Pretty difficult to catch though.
I've had loads of anti-tetanus injections, but only after I cut myself. I've never heard of having them as a matter of routine. |
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hope3809
Joined: 30 Aug 2009
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Location: Always somewhere! :-)
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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Waiting...waiting...waiting...and waiting with not working...even worse! I am going in on the 'new' temp work visa (at the lovely price of $280) and although it's 'suppose' to be an easier process I've ran into a a hiccup with the Enjaz application...discovered I either do it online myself or pay an angency to do it for me. My joy knows no bounds!
The Army has a saying: "mind over matter...if you don't mind it don't matter." Between that saying and the "builds character" one I'm keeping it together...a little...a bit...to a degree. LOL!
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:13 am Post subject: |
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| Stephen Jones wrote: |
| I've had loads of anti-tetanus injections, but only after I cut myself. I've never heard of having them as a matter of routine. |
I have always followed the standard US procedure of a booster every 10 years. In the US:
The CDC recommends that adults receive a booster vaccine every ten years, and standard care practice in many places is to give the booster to any patient with a puncture wound who is uncertain of when he or she was last vaccinated, or if he or she has had fewer than 3 lifetime doses of the vaccine. The booster may not prevent a potentially fatal case of tetanus from the current wound, however, as it can take up to two weeks for tetanus antibodies to form.
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hope3809
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| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:24 am Post subject: |
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My apologizes for my post showing up on the incorrect subject. I wondered why it never showed up on the one it was intended for. lol. As far as shots go...I think it's great to keep them up-to-date but if it's not 'mandatory' to have them upon arrival...why bother. But that is just me. 
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Mia Xanthi
Joined: 13 Mar 2008
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Location: why is my heart still in the Middle East while the rest of me isn't?
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| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I would get a tetanus booster before going, if I were you. I had a colleague who cut his hand and was treated at a major hospital. He requested a tetanus shot and they told him that they didn't have any vaccine. I thought it was rather shocking. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:19 am Post subject: |
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Yes, and it could be rather serious. You do not want to get Tetanus as you end up very sick for months and months... and possibly dying.
VS |
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johnslat
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:21 am Post subject: |
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Dear veiledsentiments,
" . . . you end up very sick for months and months... and possibly dying."
But in Saudi, would you know the difference? 
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John |
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The Lathe of Heaven
Joined: 02 Sep 2009
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Location: drifting from dream to dream from future to future
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:39 am Post subject: |
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There are no vets in Saudi. I had to treat my cat with home made meds.
TLOH |
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
Joined: 22 Oct 2004
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Location: Shhh...don't talk to me...I'm playin' dead...
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:50 am Post subject: |
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To the contrary, Slave of the Lathe, vets in saudi, whilst they may not "abound", are certainly to be found...
NCTBA |
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The Lathe of Heaven
Joined: 02 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:23 am Post subject: |
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dear nctba
I was playin wit werdz. Vet and Vet. You know? the OP stated "Saudi Vets, any advice"?
tloh |
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veiledsentiments
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Oh noes... not two of you... 
VS |
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