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Phuket Vaccinations

  • 21-01-2024 10:09am
    #1
    Scott Tenorman
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    Looking for advice on what vaccinations to get for going to Phuket?

    Seeing conflicting advice when googling about it. Everywhere you look gives different recommendations and I don’t want to pay for unnecessary ones.

    Would just be in the touristy areas (apart from day trips to see islands).

    Thinking Hep A and Tetanus should be enough but would appreciate any advice



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  • #2
    blanch152
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,752 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    Got the Hep A, Tetanus and Typhoid vaccines, but some people don't get any.

    Hep B and Rabies would only be needed if trekking in the wild.



  • #3
    manshay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭manshay


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121658961#Comment_121658961

    I agree with this. I'm a pharmacist and travelled to Phuket in July 2023. Myself and my family had the Hep A and thyphoid vaccines, our tetanus was upto date. The jabs aren't cheap but spending time ill or in hospital would be a disaster after spending so much on your holiday. If you want to check yourself use an NHS website: fitfortravel.nhs.uk, a great unbiased source of travel medication information. I'm very jealous, enjoy your trip!



  • #4
    in2dark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 363 ✭✭in2dark


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121669858#Comment_121669858

    Hello, thanks for the above. When you said your family did you mean kids too? How can we have the kids vaccinated? Do we need to go to a gp for prescription or can we do it directly with a pharmacy?



  • #5
    manshay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭manshay


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122606005#Comment_122606005

    Kids too, mine were aged 13, 16, 18! You must get a prescription, either the pharmacy or the gp can administer the vaccines. The vaccines are expensive but most offer cover for 10 years.



  • #6
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Is there a rabies vaccination ? I recently got rabies shots and it was a course of 6 shots weekly.



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