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Slep
Joined: 14 Oct 2006
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 Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:26 am Post subject: Travelling SE Asia, Malaria Pills? |
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| Anyone have any advice on which malaria pills I should be taking if I'm heading to Vietnam, Thailand, China, Cambodia and Laos? |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Not necessary. They can be harmful. |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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I emphatically second that. Be very careful of the anti-malarials.
Use deet and netting. Long sleeves and pants are also a good idea. (I don't know that I ever saw a Vietnamese in shorts.) |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Be more worried about Dengue. That is a sickness that will fark you up. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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Had it once, no biggie...  |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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All depends how you get it, where you are, what strain you get. It can go from being nothing to serious quick.
Shortly after I got it (over 6 weeks to recover fully) I met a lad in Laos who had got it on Dengue Island (Ko Phang Yang or whatever it is called) he had a permanent blind spot in the center of his vision where he had managed to contract haemoregic fever and for whatever reasons haemoreged in his eye. |
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