Kry Reiseklinikken

If you are not going to have a vaccine against hepatitis B or Japanese B encephalitis, it should be approx. 2 weeks before departure. Then you have time to take Dukoral (oral vaccine against cholera) if you wish, the yellow fever vaccines are valid after 10 days, and any soreness in the shoulder after the DTP vaccine (triple vaccine against the diseases diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough) has passed before departure.

However, it is not a waste to, for example, get vaccinated against hepatitis A even the day before departure, because the incubation period is so long that the vaccine has time to work before you can get sick.

In the case of Japanese B encephalitis and hepatitis B, two doses are needed before departure, and then it is best to start no later than 5 weeks before departure. In any case, it is perfectly fine to come 5 weeks before regardless of vaccinations.

If you do not arrive five weeks before departure, you can also take a dose before and a dose after the trip, as both hepatitis A and B have an incubation period of several weeks. For long-term journeys, you can possibly take a second and or third dose during the journey, if you do not have time to finish before departure.

Hepatitis B has been included in the childhood vaccination program since January 2017. You can consider giving a vaccine against hepatitis A and B to children who were born before it entered the child vaccination program in connection with travel vaccination.

It is a common belief that getting vaccines is a big burden on the body. But in fact, you do not ingest more foreign substances, even with the most comprehensive vaccination program, than you do with any meal of food.

Vaccination at Kry Reiseklinikken should be as painless as possible, and we have developed our own technique for this. People are almost a little disappointed that it doesn't hurt!

For about. In 1 out of 100,000 cases, a vaccine dose will cause serious allergic reactions that lead to hospitalization (experience from Oslo Health Council). We have preparedness for this, and here in Oslo there is an ambulance staffed with an anesthesiologist just a few minutes away.

The yellow fever vaccine, which we often have to give in order not to risk being refused entry, can in rare cases cause a life-threatening infection. For elderly people who are going on a short trip to an area with a low risk of yellow fever, the risk of yellow fever vaccination may be greater than the risk of getting yellow fever, in which case we issue an exemption certificate instead.

In any case, the risk of vaccination is vanishingly small compared to the overall risks of a trip.

Is it dangerous to get vaccines when you have a fever?

It is unlikely to be dangerous, but as a general rule you must be healthy when you are vaccinated, among other things to be able to sort out any possible side effects of the vaccine. If you are given antibiotics and have progressed so far in your recovery that there is no longer a fever, there is no reason not to take the vaccine. Antibiotics do not destroy the effectiveness of vaccines, except for the live typhoid vaccine Vivotif (we do not offer this vaccine).

First and foremost, it is travelers to Africa, south of the Sahara, who need malaria medicine. One should not travel here without malaria medicine.

In South Africa, it is only in the north-eastern part (especially the Kruger Park) that malaria medicine is needed from October to May.

Outside of Africa, there are very few places where it is unsafe to travel without malaria medication, and it will usually be sufficient to protect yourself from mosquito bites (with mosquito spray, covering clothing and permethin-impregnated mosquito nets), and to seek medical attention as soon as possible if you experience symptoms such as can indicate malaria such as fever, frostbite, headache, muscle pain and general feeling of illness.

Pregnant women must not have live vaccines, i.e. against yellow fever, BCG, MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), chicken pox vaccine, live polio vaccine (not used in Norway) and live typhoid vaccine. Of these, only yellow fever is a problem in the context of travel, and pregnant women who absolutely must travel to a yellow fever area can take an exemption certificate with them. The other travel vaccines: Hepatitis A and B, typhoid (Typhim Vi or Typherix, which have been killed), rabies, meningococcal and tick-borne encephalitis can be given to pregnant women without hesitation. The manufacturers state that they cannot do that, but it is something they have included in the preparation description in order not to risk being sued in the event of birth defects. It does occur from time to time, without there being any reason to assume that it has anything to do with the vaccines. But the big question when it comes to pregnant women and travelling, is whether they should travel at all, see pregnant women travelling. Where these vaccines are indicated, they are also indicated for pregnant women.

Regarding the update of the usual childhood vaccines, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio, this is a vaccine that all pregnant women should take, at least one month before the birth, to prevent whooping cough in the child. Immunity against whooping cough wears off quickly, and lasts a maximum of five years after the last dose.

Yes, you may cancel your appointment for travel vaccination by sending us an email at post@reiseklinikken.no, 24 hours prior your appointment by the latest.

Unused appointments will be charged by 50% of the counsultation price.

Travel medicine is not just vaccines and prescriptions, but includes tropical medicine, "fit for travel" assessments, advice on altitude sickness and diving sickness, wilderness medicine, dangerous animals and safety for travellers. Doctor Gunnar Hasle founded Reiseklinikken in 1999 and is one of Norway's leading experts in travel medicine. We offer tropical medicine, vaccines and maritime medicine.

• At Kry Reiseklinikken, you get much more than vaccines for the money: you get access to Norway's best expertise in the field.

• Reiseklinikken offers the full range of travel medicine: vaccines, prescriptions, good advice, preparations for long-term stays and expeditions, "fit for travel" assessments and tropical medicine.

• We have held courses in travel medicine since the clinic started in 1999.

• Our clients can send e-mails or call Reiseklinikken to get medical advice during and after the trip.

• Gunnar Hasle has a long list of publications, and Reiseklinikken is the only place in Norway where travel medicine research is conducted, see especially the B-GOS study. He holds an annual course in travel medicine for doctors in Norway.

• See review of the book Reisemedisin, where Gunnar Hasle has been responsible for the 5th edition.

• We work for responsible tourism, and have our own nature conservation fund.

• You can be sure that you will not be recommended more than the most necessary vaccines with us.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday: 08:00-15:30 In high seasons we may have extended opening hours. We are open weekdays during Christmas, and are closed on all public holidays.

Contact

Telephone: 22 99 15 80 Email: post@reiseklinikken.no