Egypt - Injections? Update!

Hep A, Typhoid, Tetanus and Polio are all recommended.

Recommended or essential?

*breaks into a minor sweat mainly due do an overwhelming fear of needles......

Travel Doctor site says recommended.

You will probably be fine but don't take that as gospel.

So I can't blame you if i get typhoid? But you said I would be fine... ?

I'd have the injections if anyone could tell me where i could go for them. I am "between" doctors surgeries at the moment. Any other suggestions? Anyone?

I think you can go to medi centres and places like that, but you'll pay through the nose.

I wouldn't risk it with Egypt I was violently sick there ?

Can younot just register at a local surgery on Monday and have your jabs then? If you need to moev again afterwards, so be it.

I don't know, can I? Is it just a case of finding a surgery and getting them done on the same day?

I've not been to the doctors for over 10 years! I can't remember where my last surgery was. I'm sure when I moved house a few years ago I registered at a local doctors, but i'm buggered if i can remember which one!

I didn't have any jabs when I went to Egypt, and I didn't even know you were supposed to! You will probably have had a polio jab as a child so I wouln't worry about that.

A jab for each of those is not going to stop you getting a tummy bug - I was pretty sick when I went there so I'd stock up on the Immodium if I were you, and don't eat the rice as it's one of the worst offenders for food poisoning. That said, we still had an amazing time.

That's more like the reply i was after ? !

Thanks for the replies all.

I've managed to track down which surgery I'm registered with. I am now booked in for Tuesday for three injections! That is the day before I fly! The nurse did say I should have had the jabs a minimum of three weeks before flying... Oh well.

This holiday had better turn out to be good.