Miles Pharmacy Blog

When you are travelling abroad, there are many vaccinations to consider to ensure you are protected from serious diseases that are not as prevalent in the UK. One such disease is yellow fever.

When you come home after travelling to African, South or Central American destinations, you may feel a bit under the weather, after all, international travel in itself can be taxing on the body. 

Yellow fever is a mosquito-borne disease which can be dangerous to your health and possibly even fatal. Infected mosquito bites cause the illness and the disease is considered highly infectious.

Vaccinations are like a training course for the immune system and the Yellow Fever vaccination is no different from any other.  The vaccination prepares the body to fight the Yellow Fever virus without exposing it to the symptoms of the disease.   The vaccination is like a dress rehearsal so that if the individual encounters Yellow Fever abroad, the body has already produced a complete defence against it and thus that person is protected against contracting the disease and becoming ill.  

Foreign travel is one of the great advantages of recent years and many of us are willing to plan a trip of lifetime to the opposite side of the world. And it is important to take care of your health before you leave your own country. There are yellow fever precautions that you may need to consider, along with vaccination.