travel to Dominican Question

January 22, 2009

Any one travel to Dominican republic with un vaccinated children? I am

hoping we will be fine but I was looking for others who may be a bit

more knowledgeable in this area. Is there any reason to worry? Any help

would be great.

January 24, 2009

Hi there!

Our oldest went to the Dominican Republic with a group from her high school

about 5 years ago or so. They were staying with local families where they ate

the food (all of it cooked, they mostly ate stews) and they were provided

bottled water and a mosquito net for sleeping. Our daughter hadn't had any

vaccines since her school age ones (age 5) so she was " due " quite a few and

quite a few were " recommended " for the trip, but we sent her with lots of

supplements - vitamin C, allimax (garlic), etc. (all sealed to get through

customs) and homeopathic remedies (I bought some books re: travel remedies) in

case she ran into any problems. We told her not to drink any water not in a

bottle or eat any raw foods washed in water (salad, fruit unless right from a

tree) and she was fine. If you are in a hotel the one thing I would be worried

would be the water (or anything washed in water) Rita

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