When planning a vacation abroad, it is worth considering the fact that in addition to souvenirs and a beautiful tan, you can bring exotic diseases with you. And now we are not talking regarding monkeypox, and not even regarding the coronavirus (although they are undoubtedly also dangerous).
For example, in Latin America and West Africa, you can meet with yellow fever, Zika virus and dengue virus Mosquitoes are carriers of these diseases. There are other dangerous diseases.
Zika virus accompanied by headache, joint pain, conjunctivitis and rash, less often the disease occurs without symptoms, but even an asymptomatic variant is very dangerous for pregnant women.
Against yellow fever and dengue virus there is a vaccine. When planning a vacation, discuss the possibility of vaccination with your doctor.
Coxsackie virus transmitted through dirty hands and fruits. Accompanied by high fever, rash and weakness. In order to avoid this trouble, special attention should be paid to hygiene.
Intestinal infections can be found in Asia, India and Africa. Intestinal upset is often caused by bacteria found in tap water. It is noteworthy that the local population is mostly immune to these bacteria. Tourists should not use such water even for rinsing their mouths while brushing their teeth.
camel flu widespread in the Middle East. The characteristic symptoms of the disease are fever, cough and shortness of breath. The disease takes the life of every third sick person, there is no treatment for it, only prevention. When visiting the countries of the Middle East, you should be careful when dealing with camels.