I contracted malaria in png whilst taking all the anti malarial pills be carefull its a scary disease. Never bothered with any precautions in indo only light long sleeves and long pants and plenty of repellant (from dusk onwards)if in a known malarial area. Mozzie net. Enjoy.

Got some Dukoral for Cholera? Can come in handy and no doubt you've got some bushmans heavy duty, extra DEET spray?

I'm waiting for Cauncy to post about yellow fever vaccinations in Malaysia

psychomub said..
I never have vaccinations for that area.

Dengue fever is your biggest worry, and there is no vaccine for it. There is also some drug resistant malaria around, although it is mainly further north.

Cholera/ hepatitis prevention is better prevented with personal hygiene.

^^^ Agreed. Vaccinations really only warranted if spending extended time (e.g. several weeks) in the countryside. Light-coloured long sleeves, long pants from dusk onwards is your best protection.

Depending on how strong your stomach is, it may also be worth taking some lomotil on a daily basis - regardless of whether you need it or not - just to minimise any potential for bali belly or similar.

djt91184 said..
I'd be more worried about pirates

yeah its a bit of a worry. thanks all

myusernam said...

djt91184 said..
I'd be more worried about pirates

yeah its a bit of a worry. thanks all

I guess the good news is that they generally aren't going to be armed with automatic weapons and kidnapping a tourist for ransom is far to much work

Juddy said..
Depending on how strong your stomach is, it may also be worth taking some lomotil on a daily basis - regardless of whether you need it or not - just to minimise any potential for bali belly or similar.

Definitely do NOT take lomotil until you actually have the runs.
I don't like the stuff at all until you really, really need it.
Lomotil binds you stomache up to stop you sh!ting.
It does not somehow purify what you eat or drink.

What you want is what your body is doing for you, that is eliminating as much of the bug as quickly as it can from your body.
Why on earth would you take something that retains the toxins in your body??

If you get the runs it's better to starve the bug.
Make sure you drink plenty of water to replace the fluids you are eliminating.
Then after a couple of days ease back onto foods that don't keep the bug alive in your stomach.
Fatty foods, meats etc are out.
Plain foods like white boiled rice, bread are OK.