Sunday, November 14, 2010

Malaria

I went and talked to a travel consultant/doctor on friday at the UW.  Received a typhoid, Hep A and Flu Vaccine.  Also received some malaria pills, diarrhea pills, and sleeping pills for the flight.

I originally was pretty determined to not take any malaria pills (they have side affects), but after consultation and looking at that map above, I think I'm going to.  One shitty thing about them is they cost $7 per pill.  Which I guess is cheaper than getting the disease. 

One other sad thing I learned is that its a good idea to stay away from monkeys.  Some can be aggressive and they could have rabies.  So if a monkey comes near us, I'm going to have Charlie protect me (after I take a photo of it).

4 comments:

  1. Do you have to take a pill every day? How does it work?

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  2. yeah...start one day before going to the malaria zone, then take one per day until you've left the area for seven days.

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  3. I did that, but stopped a week later.

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  4. Oh my God. Nick, for the love of God, don't let Mom see this blog!!!

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