If you plan on coming out this year to somewhere you have never been before, it is worth to keep some basic travel advice in memory. A vacation is to enjoy yourself and if you become ill or get in an accident, can be fun is a little after the expected. Remember, since you don't want to vacation, marred by the contemplation of what can go wrong, it can be the difference between a minor inconvenience and a major disaster.
Food and drink
One of the most important parts of travel advice to follow is to ensure that you eat and drink safely. Unfamiliar foods and beverages can cause an upset stomach or diarrhea, either by your digestive system unprepared for the ingredients themselves-or more likely and unused in the local varieties of bacteria that would be completely harmless if you had only a little time to get used to them.
It is also very possible that you are visiting a country that does not have the same default level of health that you're used to at home. If so, you could then potentially serious conditions also contract cholera or typhoid.
Still, if you follow a few simple tips, you'll probably be fine:
Always wash hands after going to the bathroom and before eating or handling food.
Try and stick to fresh food has been thoroughly cooked, and which are still piping hot.
If you are at all unsure about the quality of the water and then use the water in the bottle, or boil or filter it with an air cleaner before you drink.
Health-be prepared!
As mentioned, have different locations, different bacteria, which ultimately means they have different diseases (they can also have different viral infections). While this puts some people off travelling to new climate or environments, in reality, with a little preparation, you can be fairly sure to keep your health intact during your stay.
Ensure that you visit or call your GP as soon as you book your trip, check if you need any vaccinations or whether you should take along preventive measures such as malaria tablets. These treatments are not available as NHS prescription but they will probably be worth the money.
Double check your GP advice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, which contains detailed information on a country-by-country situation. There is a small chance your doctor could forget something.
Make sure you have some kind of health insurance or if you fall ill, you can quit paying a huge medical bills for your treatment. If you visit somewhere in the Commonwealth, a European institution card and you can get free or discounted healthcare in THE EU. If you go further, make sure you are covered by appropriate insurance packages.
This last point is worth repeating. get some sort of insurance. Even if you do not become ill due to disease, you may still be corrupted. If you are a hospital by an accident or a criminal attack, you need health and also likely need to change your travel arrangements. You may also need to be repatriated.
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