Travel Clinic - Don?t let Illness ruin your Summer Holiday

Health alerts in various travel destinations has prompted warnings to travellers to ensure they check in at a travel clinic before they fly.

When it comes to your holiday, your checklist might include sun tops, lotion, passports and flip flops, but the one thing you should always add is a trip to the travel clinic. The need to be up-to-date with vaccines is something many people don’t think about until it’s too late. For some countries, it’s important to be at the travel clinic up to 8 weeks before you arrive to ensure the vaccines work efficiently. If you don’t want to add yellow fever, malaria, typhoid, hepatitis and measles to your holiday list, you need to check in at the travel clinic before you check in at the airport. City Docs London travel clinics are convenient for travellers coming from the South East.

Travel clinic: Safe travels

There are certain vaccines that are necessary if you are travelling to regions that are endemic with malaria and yellow fever. And it’s good advice to check the web for any health alerts for particular destinations. If you don’t want to be ill on holiday, some simple preparation can ensure most illnesses can be avoided. Travel clinics can advise you if you are unsure of what vaccinations you need. In Europe there is currently a measles alert with almost 3,000 cases of measles reported. Asia and South America are hotspots of hepatitis A and hepatitis B, yellow fever and typhoid. If you have been properly immunized at a travel clinic, you will greatly reduce the risks of falling ill.

Get rid of Unwanted Baggage at a Travel Clinic

Many people may be thinking of heading to China this year for the Olympics, you may want to bring home souvenirs, but typhoid and Japanese encephalitis is definitely unwanted baggage. Anti-malarial pills and taking steps to safeguard against Hepatitis A should also be concerns. If you think you’ve been vaccinated as a child and are safe, don’t assume this is the case – it’s unlikely you’ve been immunized against Japanese encephalitis unless you’ve been to a travel clinic recently.

Travel Clinic: A One-Stop Shop

A travel clinic is a one-stop health shop when it comes to holidays. Travel clinics offer vaccinations, medications, anti-malarial pills and advice specific to your health needs. Travel clinics are armed with up-to-date information on health and international travel to ensure patients get the best treatments. Planning ahead and attending a travel clinic will leave you better off in the long run and give you peace of mind. As well as safeguarding your own health, vaccinations ensure you don’t import illnesses from other countries back into your own community once home.
Routine vaccinations include measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), influenza, tetanus, diphtheria and chicken pox. Vaccines for travel include typhoid, hepatitis A and B, rabies, Japanese encephalitis and Yellow fever.

Choose CityDoc for all your Travel Clinic needs

At CityDoc, you can book over the phone or walk into one of our travel clinics in London and across the country for a same-day appointment. Don't travel abroad without ensuring that you've had the right vaccinations. CityDoc provides a complete travel clinic service, customized to your individual needs. Our pre-travel consultations are with experienced General Practitioners who will assess the impact of any pre-existing chronic medical conditions on your vaccine requirements. We have the full range of travel vaccines in stock including rarer vaccines such as Japanese Encephalitis. CityDoc is a registered yellow fever centre and is able to dispense anti-malarials directly from our in house pharmacy for your added convenience. Choose from our three travel clinic locations in London and Birmingham for ease of access.