During the trip, there is always a probability of contracting infectious diseases circulating in the host country. How to make than pleasant memories left nasty diseases after traveling, read the continuation ...
Leprosy
The disease, which can drastically disfigure a person's appearance and eventually kill him. The disease is considered incurable, a person should for the rest of life to take medication and live in a special reservation (leper colony). Leper colony is separated from the outside world by barbed wire and police roadblocks. They are located at a considerable distance from residential areas to the patient in the event of escape could not get to healthy people. Throughout his later life, the afflicted forbidden contact with healthy people, he is not allowed to communicate with family, there may be only the contacts on the phone. If Russia is sick with leprosy live in a leper colony, then, for example, in India, after the treatment, the patient is not isolated, it continues to live with the family and infect the people around him. It is possible that during a trip to India and you will meet such a patient, which will give you a portion of Mycobacterium leprae.
Cholera
Cholera - an infectious disease that is most often found in Burundi, Zambia, Congo, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Somalia. Disadvantaged areas for cholera are also considered: Angola, Brazil, Guinea, Honduras, Afghanistan, Bolivia, India. It should be noted that the failure to provide medical care for cholera can be fatal. You can get infected with cholera by eating Vibrio cholerae colonization of vegetables, fruit, using contaminated water. Cholera is also called the disease of dirty hands, which once again underlines the fact that the epidemic of cholera develop there, where there is poor sanitation, and these are areas where there are armed conflicts and natural disasters. In such areas can not provide the population with clean water and healthy food. Therefore, extreme caution visit the country where the registered cases of cholera and avoid visits to countries where there are armed conflicts, because there you run the risk of not only killed by a stray bullet, but from cholera and diarrhea.
Plague
In the fourteenth century the plague killed more than fifty-two million Europeans. Before the advent of antibiotics, the plague died ninety-five percent of cases. Natural foci of plague persist in our time. There are natural centers on all continents except Australia and Antarctica. The most affected countries in relation to the possibility of an epidemic are such as: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Uganda, Mozambique, Ecuador, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Tanzania. Carriers of the plague are solely the flea. With a flea bite people started all the deadly plague epidemic of the past.
Rabies
Rabies - is one hundred percent fatal disease. After the onset of symptoms to cure the patient is no longer possible. Therefore, the only means of salvation is vaccination, which takes place after a person has been bitten by an animal, usually a dog. The most common rabies in India, China, Thailand. In India, every year is fixed to forty thousand cases of rabies
Malaria
Disease of hot countries are called malaria. And indeed it is in countries with hot climates, the disease occurs most frequently. Tanzania, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Laos, South Africa, Turkey, Egypt, Madagascar, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan - this is not a complete list of countries where there is a high probability of contracting malaria. According to the World Health Organization in Tanzania reported ill thirteen million people die from them fourteen thousand. The only way to avoid infection - is not to visit these countries during epidemics and use the mosquito repellent.
Follow simple rules that we give you and you will save your health and possibly life during overseas travels. Observe good personal hygiene, wash your hands before every meal, or in any way intercept on the go. Eat only in restaurants with a good reputation. Keep a bottle of disinfectant, it is best semidesyatiprotsentny alcohol. Alcohol, you will be able, if necessary disinfect hands or wipe vegetables or fruit after washing. If possible, avoid contact with the locals: they may be carriers of infectious diseases, but to thrive. Always carry a first aid kit with a set of medical emergency first aid