Monthly Archives: November 2006

Paid for jabs

We had the first of the paid for jabs today:

Japanese B Encephalitis (0, 7, 28)
Rabies (0, 7, 21)
Hepatitis B (0, 7, 28)

No massive arm aches or problems yet. Becs had all three in one arm because of her TB jab last week. I had two in one and one in the other.
They are over three [...]

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Malaria (or: how to avoid it)

We’re travelling to Thailand and Kenya, both of which have a widespread distribution of malaria. It’s prompted me to look into the anti-malarial effects of both the drugs recommended for prevention. These are doxycycline and malarone. Lariam (mefloquine) isn’t really recommended because of the trippy side effects and the development of chloroquine-resistant strains in some [...]

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