What happens after travel health consultation?

The advice depends on your destination, itinerary, season, activities, length of stay, medical history, pregnancy status, and previous vaccinations. The clinician may recommend vaccines, a prescription, mosquito-bite prevention, or practical advice for diarrhoea, heat, altitude, and animal contact. Some protection begins before departure or continues after you return, so the written schedule matters. Travellers with long-term conditions should also confirm how to carry medicines and manage care across borders.

Complete recommended vaccines and collect prescriptions early enough to follow the schedule. Keep medicines in labelled packaging, carry a medication list, and ask whether a travel letter is useful. Review the plan before leaving, including mosquito precautions and what symptoms require medical attention. If your itinerary changes, tell the clinic because a new region or activity can alter the advice.

Get urgent medical help abroad or after returning for difficulty breathing, confusion, severe dehydration, persistent vomiting, bloody diarrhoea, jaundice, or a high fever. Fever after travel to a malaria-risk area needs prompt assessment even if you took preventive medicine; tell the clinician where you travelled and when you returned.

Ask which vaccines and medicines you need, when each dose is due, and what to do after a missed dose. Clarify mosquito protection, safe food and water choices, medicine storage, and the symptoms that should trigger urgent care during or after the trip.