Travel Vaccine Services
BeFit Health Services provides a number of prevention based vaccines for your personal or business use to
ensure protection against disease.
Our convenient service includes sending a nurse to your home or office to administer the desired vaccine(s) or
clinic administration.  

Vaccines offered:

Yellow Fever
Yellow Fever is a serious viral disease spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. The disease cannot be spread directly from
person to person. Yellow Fever can be found in parts of Africa and South America.  The Yellow Fever vaccine can only be given
to individuals 9 months of age or older.  A Yellow Fever booster is required every 10 years.  An International Certificate of
Vaccination (yellow card) should be received upon vaccination by the licenced vaccination center.  The Certificate becomes valid
10 days after vaccination and is good for 10 years. You will need this card as proof of vaccination to enter certain countries.

Hepatitis A (2 dose series)
Hepatitis A (HAV) is a viral infection of the liver spread through contaminated food, water, and shellfish.  Transmission of Hepatitis
A is primarily from person to person through fecal contamination and oral ingestion.  Any one can be vaccinated, but high risk
groups include: travelers, military, communities or ethnic groups with higher incidence of HAV or community outbreak, laboratory,
veterinary, institutional workers, IV users, or persons with chronic liver disease.  The vaccine is a two-part series with initial dose
and booster six to twelve months later.  

Hepatitis B (3 dose series)
Hepatitis B is a serious, acute, often chronic disease of the liver.  Chronic Hepatitis B can lead to liver damage (cirrhosis), liver
cancer, and death.  Hepatitis B is spread through contact with blood or body fluids of an infected person.  It is recommended that
anyone 18 years of age or younger receive the vaccine and adults older than 18 who are at risk.  The vaccine is a three-part series
with an initial dose, 2nd dose one month later, and a booster in six months.

Tetanus Diphtheria Pertussis (DPT)
Tetanus is a serious disease that causes a generalized painful tightening of the muscles.  Tetanus can also lead to 'lock jaw' and
death.  Diphtheria causes a thick coating in the nose, throat, or airways and can lead to breathing problems, heart failure, paralysis,
and death.  Pertussis (whooping cough) is the only vaccine - preventable disease on the rise in the U.S.  DPT vaccine is the most
effective form of treatment and prevention.  The DPT is recommended as a one-time adult booster followed in 10 years by a TD
booster and every ten years thereafter.

Pneumonia
Pneumococcal disease is a serious disease that causes illness and death from serious bacterial infections of the lungs, blood, and
covering of the brain.  It kills more people in the U.S.each year than all other vaccine preventable diseases combined.  Resistance of
the bacteria to antibiotics (i.e. Penicillin) makes treatment difficult and prevention through vaccination extremely important.  The
Pneumoccoccal vaccine protects against 23 types of Pneumoccoccal bacteria and reportedly lasts five to ten years depending on
age and medical condition.  At greatest risk are people ages 50 and older, the very young and people with chronic health problems.

Influenza
Often confused with the common cold because of its similar symptoms,  influenza (flu) has an estimated 30 to 50 million cases
worldwide each year.  Influenza effects people of all ages, with symptoms such as chills, fever, and many respiratory symptoms.  
The vaccine helps employees stay healthy and on the job and is optimally given in October, November, and December each year.  
An annual vaccine is required because the viruses that cause influenza change often requiring the vaccine to be updated annually.  
Vaccination at the work-site helps to maximize employee participation and to decrease time lost off the job.
Intranasal Influenza vaccine is also available

Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)
Measles, Mumps and Rubella are serious diseases that are spread from an infected person through the air.   Effects are rash,
cough, runny nose, eye irritation, fever, headache, swollen glands, fever, and arthritis.  One dose is recommended for adults 18 and
older born after 1956.  People with diseases that effect the immune system, cancer, taking cancer treatment, low platelet count or
who have recently had a blood transfusion are strongly encouraged to receive the MMR vaccine.   

Haemophilus Influenza Type B (HIB)
HIB is a serious disease caused by a bacteria spread from person to person.  HIB is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis, which
is an infection of the brain and spinal cord coverings that leads to brain damage.  Other diseases that spread from HIB are
pneumonia, infections, and death.  The HIB vaccine is recommended for children 5 years old and younger and for adults with
special health conditions.  

T. B. Testing (PPD)
TB is a infectious disease that is spread through the air from an infected person and it severely affects the lungs.  TB testing tests
to see if a person is infected; a small amount of testing material is placed just underneath the surface of the skin on the forearm.  
After 48 to 72 hours the nurse who injected the substance checks to see if a bump has developed.  If the bump is a substantial size,
then the person is assumed infected.   

Adult Polio
Polio is a disease caused by a virus, which enters the body through the mouth.  The most dangerous consequence of polio is
paralysis or death; the disease is controlled in the US, but in some parts of the world the disease is common among the masses.  
Adults who travel to places with polio outbreaks, laboratory workers who handle the virus, and health care workers who treat the
disease need to be vaccinated.  

Typhoid
Typhoid fever immunization is recommended for all travelers to less or under-developed countries especially those in Central and
South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. The countries at highest risk are Peru, India, Pakistan, and
Chile. However, about half of all cases of typhoid fever reported in American tourists are acquired from travel to Mexico even
though the risk of disease is lower there. Typhoid fever is generally spread person to person especially by food handlers who do
not wash their hands adequately after bowel movements. Visitors who stray off the beaten path and eat meals prepared at food
stands or by street vendors are at highest risk. Carefully selecting restaurants with close attention to their sanitation standards can
reduce the risk.

Meningococcal
Meningococcal disease is a bacterial  infection of the brain, blood, and the coverings of the spinal cord.  10-15% of the 2,600
people who contract the disease die each year even with antibiotic treatment.  Other than death, there are other serious effects such
as loss of limbs, loss of hearing, mental retardation, stroke, and seizure.   The Meningococcal vaccine is not recommended for
everyone, but people who are traveling where the disease is common (West Africa), people with damaged or no spleen, U.S.
Military recruits, and students living in a dormitory are encouraged to be vaccinated.  

Varicella (chickenpox)
This common disease is usually mild, but some select cases have ended in death.  It is spread from person to person, by contact
with fluid from the chickenpox  blisters.  Most people who get the chickenpox vaccine will not get chickenpox.  But if someone
who has been vaccinated does get chickenpox, it is usually very mild.  They will have fewer spots, are less likely to have a fever,
and will recover faster.  People who do not get the vaccine until 13 years of age or older should receive the two dose series.           
                                          
   Shingles  
Shingles is caused by the Varicella Zoster virus, the same virus that causes Chickenpox.  Anyone who has had Chickenpox or the
vaccine can contract shingles. The virus stays in a person's body and can reappear years later as shingles.  Shingles is more
common in people with a weakened immune system or people 50  years of age and older.  A single dose of the shingles vaccine  
(available since 2006) is recommended for   anyone ages 60 and older by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) whether they've
had shingles before or  not.  The vaccine may prevent the rash, but if not, it can reduce the nerve pain.                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                        
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