Traveller and tropical diseases unit

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What does the medical consultation before the trip include?

• Comprehensive advice on the preparation of a medical record with vaccination schedule.

• Prescription of vaccines for subsequent administration at the hospital.

• Information on the prevention of diseases transmitted by arthropods, via the digestive tract, skin or mucous membranes.

• Provision of information and preparation of a first aid kit which will include: prophylactic medication, medication for cures, antiseptics, analgesics...

• Information on the location and telephone numbers of places of interest (hospitals, embassies, etc.).

• Recommendations for clothing, footwear, form of protection, (light clothes with full coverage, sun protection,) food with the requirements of pasteurisation and drinking water.

• You will be informed of possible risk/danger situations (altitude sickness, jet lag, etc.).

*Request an appointment 1 month before the planned date of travel, medical history, vaccination record.

**The price of the consultation does not include the cost of vaccinations.

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Medical consultation upon return from the trip

Consultations will be offered after the trip and risk exposures associated with it, symptomatic patient or with suspicion of infectious/tropical disease, taking a complete medical history, details of the trip, activities carried out. It also consults patients originating from tropical countries and long-stay travellers, even asymptomatic. Preferential attention will be given to those who present febrile symptoms or other symptoms.

What does the medical consultation include on return from the trip?

• Assessment of pathology imported during the trip: fever on return from the tropics, traveller's diarrhoea and skin lesions.

• Assessment of hospitalisation.