title: Health risks of foreign travel. Preparing adults for jaunts abroad.
abstract: Preparing adult travelers for journeys abroad can be challenging and rewarding. Prevention is the cornerstone of a safe, enjoyable trip. Patient education and commonsense precautions may well prevent infection or disease. Prophylaxis for diarrhea and malaria could save one day of illness or inconvenience on an expensive trip or may save a traveler's life. And the Loa loa worm? The nurse fortunately waited until it crawled from under her cornea. Then it was gently teased from under the bulbar conjunctiva.
authors.affiliation: Travel Clinic, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, INc., San Diego, CA 92127.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Spees
mesh_terms: D003967:Diarrhea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D005511:Food Handling / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000592:standards*; D017053:Infection Control; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000592:standards; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014195:Travel; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards*