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The IGP Travel Clinic & Vaccinations - Hepatitus A & B
The IGP was the first Private GP Practice in Wales to be Registered with the HIW (Health Inspectorate Wales).
Hepatitis A
This is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the liver. It occurs worldwide and is especially prevalent in areas of poor sanitation and hygiene. The virus is transmitted from person-to-person by the faecal-oral route particularly in areas with poor sanitation and overcrowding. It is quickly spread through close contact, particularly within families and institutions and is commonly associated with eating and drinking contaminated food and water. Food outbreaks are often linked to raw or undercooked shellfish and raw vegetables although almost any food can be implicated which has been poorly cooked in sewage-polluted water.
Symptoms include fever, chills, weakness, loss of appetite, nausea and abdominal discomfort, followed within a few days by jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes). The urine becomes dark and the stools pale. Jaundice may be severe and prolonged and complete liver failure may occur.
Immunisation consists of a single dose of vaccine followed by a booster dose six to twelve months after the first dose. Travellers should also as much as possible avoid contact with contaminated food and water. There is some evidence of protection even when vaccine is given after first exposure, so that if time before departure is short, the vaccine is still considered likely to prevent or at least modify the infection.
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is a bloodborne viral infection that is spread through infected blood, contaminated needles, etc. The hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes hepatitis (inflammation of the liver), jaundice, long term liver damage and occasionally liver cancer. Hepatitis B is also a sexually transmitted disease and the virus is found in the blood and semen of infected men and is spread in the same manner as HIV. HBV is easier to catch than HIV because it is more than 100 times more concentrated in an infected person's blood and can exist on surfaces outside the body.
Hepatitis B can be prevented through vaccination if the vaccine is administered before infection. Short term travellers are not generally at risk but may place themselves at risk by their sexual behaviour. Travellers requiring surgery in certain countries will be at risk so a kit containing sterile needles, sutures, etc. would be very useful. Those visiting high risk areas for long periods or at social or occupational risk should be immunised e.g. such as voluntary workers, who may also be at risk from medical or dental procedures carried out in those countries.
The disease is moderately prevalent in South, Central and Southwest Asia, Israel, Japan, Eastern and Southern Europe, the Russian Federation, and most of Central and South America.
All vaccines administered by The IGP are carried out by fully qualified GPs & unlike some Travel Clinics, we do not charge patients a consultation fee on top of the vaccination price.
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* Please be aware that for full immunity some vaccination courses, with more than one vaccine required, may take up to a month or longer. Please, also be aware that many vaccinations will not become fully effective until around 10 - 14 days after the course completion. It is strongly advised that you leave plenty of time to complete the course before your trip. Intervals between different vaccines or doses are recommended, Which allows time for antibodies to be produced and any reaction to the vaccine to subside.
