Egypt - Vaccinations

billsteersnose

Hi everyone,
We're heading to Egypt next week and we're booked in to get our vaccinations before we go (literally the night before we go). They said we needed to get 4 vaccinations... Has anyone else gone to Egypt? Is this true? I dont want to get ripped off and have to pay for a vaccination for something stupid that we have no chance of getting....

Gordon

I didn't have to get vaccinated but I've lived abroad in the Middle East when I was younger so maybe that was a factor. Although I don't recall any mention of it.

What are the vaccinations for exactly?

Dellas

Go onto Travelvax.net I think they are recommended but not compulsory. I didnt need any when I went last November as I have been to India and South America and had them then so I was covered. To be honest I think I would have them !!! Your health is priceless incase something did happen.

Moanin

I was there a couple of years ago on holidays for 2 weeks and never got any vacinations nor was it recommended by our travel agent

billsteersnose

They mentioned Hepititus A, Polio, Tetanus and Typhoid...

I thought it seemed a bit over the top (I was waiting for them to mention the Plague aswell)....

gary the great

Sure them vaccines take a few weeks to become active so theirs no point in getting them the day before you go!

Kobie

You should certainly get the Hepititus shots - you can get A from badly washed food & nobody washes food badly like the Egyptians. B is more of a body fluid thing, but it's no harm to get the shot. And while you're in there the Dyptheria/Tetnus is only a few quid more.

Either way, even if it's only a few days before you leave, it's better to have them than not - they're easy diseases to get, and not so easy to get rid of. I got the shots from my local doctor - phone ahead to make sure he has them.

Enjoy,
K.

breadmonkey

Just get them. I couldn't believe the amount of people I met on my travels who took the "I'll only eat in places where they wash the food with bottled water......etc" route. Yeah right. I'd say I ate in exactly 1 place where they washed the food with bottled water. There is absolutely no reason to risk getting any of those diseases. In Vietnam, I met a guy with typhoid and I would say the poor guy was days, if not hours, from death.

Here's what the TMB has to say.
http://www.tmb.ie/exodus/country.asp

lord lucan

been to egypt 6 times and never got vaccinations,never had so much as a dodgy stomach,just take the usual precautions ie. don't drink the tap water/don't get ice in your drink/don't eat any salads/lettuce and you'll be fine.enjoy,its a fabulous place:)

killbillvol2

Watched one of my mates suffering through a holiday in Portugal, never mind Egypt, after picking up Hepatitis A. Never left his room for 4 days and basically missed the whole trip. As for the others, maybe you could let us know the symptoms if you get one of them?

Better safe than sorry methinks.