General Medical issues thread

[Pushka]

Which vaccines are live vaccines?

 

[Dr_Goz]

From a very quick look at my notes, the vaccines that provide protection against:

• measles
• mumps
• rubella
• varicella, and
• rotavirus

Are live attenuated vaccines

 

[Pushka]

From a very quick look at my notes, the vaccines that provide protection against:

• measles
• mumps
• rubella
• varicella, and
• rotavirus

Are live attenuated vaccines

Thanks for the info.
Ah. I can't have those. How about shingles? That's the one I'd be most likely to think about.

 

[Dr_Goz]

Thanks for the info.
Ah. I can't have those. How about shingles? That's the one I'd be most likely to think about.

Unfortunately the herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine is formulated from the varicella zoster (chickenpox) vaccine (which is live attenuated) and a lot more potent.

 

[Pushka]

Unfortunately the herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine is formulated from the varicella zoster (chickenpox) vaccine (which is live attenuated) and a lot more potent.

Thanks for that warning. Better keep my fingers crossed then. Didn't get chicken pox until I was 30 so maybe it won't be a problem. Or that age could be completely irrelevant!

 

[wandering_fred]

Those who were in the armed services (of whatever country) in the 1960s/70s were routinely given a lot of immunizations. I vaguely remember smallpox, plague and yellow fever among the set...

Travelers of a bit later, say 90s and 00s, included shots for Hep A and Hep B, and the tetanus, Diphtheria, cholera, rubella and mumps. yellow fever (and a few others) if seeing rural Africa and South America...

Probably not a bad set to consider now... Though Hep A and B are theoretically lifetime after the boosters.

I should have had the shingles shots. I learned the hard way about 4 years ago.

Discuss while happily wandering

Fred

 

[TheRealTMA]

I seem to remember some vaccination passport we all had to carry back in the 70's when travelling. Does this still exist for some diseases/countries?

 

[JohnM]

I don't know of any place where it is compulsory to have a record of vaccinations, but I have my vaccination certificate stapled into the back of my passport to it's with me all the time.

 

[Major]

I seem to remember some vaccination passport we all had to carry back in the 70's when travelling. Does this still exist for some diseases/countries?

Like one of these ?

 

[Pushka]

I think you need proof of vaccination for yellow fever if travelling from infected countries. Is stapling things into passports a good idea?

 

[straitman]

I think you need proof of vaccination for yellow fever if travelling from infected countries. Is stapling things into passports a good idea?

In the words of my Dr. You don't need Yellow Fever to go but you do need it IF you want to come back into Oz.

 

[LadyC]

I needed to show yellow fever vaccination when coming back from Africa in 2013.

 

[coriander]

My son had yellow fever vax before his SR to PTY earlier this year.
ISTR he was asked to show proof of vax on his return to AU.

 

[love_the_life]

The current little yellow card is more like a booklet with separate pages ISTR (too lazy to go and get it out to check). And yes, they do check Yellow Fever vaccinations . Seems to be the only one they care about at present.

 

[JohnK]

Think it might be time for a tetanus, diptheria and pertussis booster. Last one was in 2003.

I've had chicken pox late in life but not sure about mumps, measles, rubella etc.

 

[Quickstatus]

As you are in SEA often it would be beneficial to also have your TB, hepatitis B, measles mumps rubella status checked. And Might as well get a topup of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis. Nearly all cases of Australian adult measles are in people who caught it OS and brought it home.

I reckon the best time to do all this is age 50 which is also the time the Govt sends you a Poo test kit.


Better still just read the Handbook:
http://www.immunise.health.gov.au/i...g.nsf/Content/Handbook10-home~handbook10part1

 

[TomVexille]

So had a text from dad (who lives in CHC) saying that he had a small stroke this morning and is in hospital. Contemplating flying over on Sunday for a couple days but he's pretty resistant to the idea. Apparently I shouldn't be wasting my money

 

[JohnK]

As you are in SEA often it would be beneficial to also have your TB, hepatitis B, measles mumps rubella status checked. And Might as well get a topup of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis. Nearly all cases of Australian adult measles are in people who caught it OS and brought it home.

If the silly things weren't so expensive and time consuming. GP doesn't do much in 5 minute consults.

Covered with Hep B. For some reason Hep A didn't stick. Definitely will get tetanus-diptheria-pertussis vaccine.

Need to consider what my daughter can bring home and vaccinate. May have to do mum and dad and brother as well.

 

[love_the_life]

So had a text from dad (who lives in CHC) saying that he had a small stroke this morning and is in hospital. Contemplating flying over on Sunday for a couple days but he's pretty resistant to the idea. Apparently I shouldn't be wasting my money

Sorry to hear that TV.
If you can go, I would. He may say he is fine but there is always the risk of another one (don't want to sound pessimistic).
My Dad had a small stroke after heart surgery about this time of year in 1994. As a teacher I was busy with reports, formals, assemblies etc and work was not forthcoming on leave outside school holidays so did not manage to get down to Melbourne until school finished. He had been going well but the night before I went down he had a massive bleed and was in Intensive Care. The first day I saw him he could speak a little and recognised me, the second day he was worse. He hovered like that for another week or so and passed away on Boxing Day. I always regret that I didn't push work and go down before I did.
When MrL_t_L had a small stroke when he was based in Adelaide, I was much more assertive and simply rang work and told them I was on the way to Adelaide and I would send lesson plans when I could!

 

[Pushka]

So had a text from dad (who lives in CHC) saying that he had a small stroke this morning and is in hospital. Contemplating flying over on Sunday for a couple days but he's pretty resistant to the idea. Apparently I shouldn't be wasting my money

Best wishes there Tom. Sounds like it is under control which is good. If you are the least bit tempted to go then do it. Ask permission later.