Yellow fever vaccination - Flyingmedicine Ltd

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Yellow fever vaccination -
Flyingmedicine Ltd
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• Yellow fever describes the symptoms people get
  when they are affected by the Yellow Fever i.e
  their eyes become yellow (jaundiced) and they
  develop a high fever.
• The disease is caused by a virus which is
  transmitted to people after they are bitten by an
  infected mosquito.
• The disease causes jaundice because of liver
  damage, bleeding, fever and can eventually become
  fatal.
• Current fatality rates are around 8-10.

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• The Yellow Fever travel vaccination is highly
  effective at stopping the disease from
  developing.
• Yellow fever vaccination is effective from around
  10 days after vaccination.
• It is however a live vaccine therefore to people
  whose immune system is reduced for example those
  who have recently had chemotherapy, those on
  immune modulating medications and those with HIV
  whose CD4 count is below 200 should not
  be vaccines with this travel vaccine.

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• As an occupational physician with post graduate
  training in travel health, Dr Nomy can assist
  patients in deciding whether its safe to get
  Yellow Fever travel vaccine. 
• As humans can also transfer the disease when they
  travel from affected countries to non- affected
  countries, an international certificate for
  yellow fever vaccination is required for travel
  to several countries.  
• The Yellow Fever certificate comes into effect
  ten days after vaccination and now lasts the
  lifetime.
• People who have previously been vaccinated can be
  vaccinated again if they lose or misplace their
  certificate.

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• In Whom is Yellow Fever Travel Vaccine
  Contra-indicated?
• People who should not have the yellow fever
  vaccination include
• People who have had a severe allergic reaction
  (anaphylaxis) to a previous dose of the yellow
  fever vaccine
• People who are allergic to any of the ingredients
  in the vaccine (including eggs)
• People who have a condition that affects the
  thymus gland (part of your immune system that is
  located in your upper chest)

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• Children under nine months of age babies who
  are six to nine months old should only be
  vaccinated if the risk of getting yellow fever
  during travel is unavoidable
• Pregnant women unless the risk of yellow fever
  is unavoidable
• Breastfeeding women unless the risk of yellow
  fever is unavoidable
• People who are allergic to eggs the vaccine
  contains small amounts of egg protein
• People whose immune systems are lowered
  (immunosuppressed) such as people with
  symptomatic HIV and those receiving chemotherapy
  or radiotherapy

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Exemption letters In cases where having a yellow
fever vaccination is not advised, the travel
health advisors may be able to issue you with an
exemption letter.
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0333 404 3232 Email info_at_flyingmedicine.uk Webs
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