Hubby's being paranoid

[aromulus]

[QUOTE=maria_and_matt;192286] theres only a few malaria hotspots in the philippines. QUOTE]

You will find that, especially in the north, due to the recent floodings and stagnant water, the number of "hotspots" will increase dramatically.
Also Dengue will be on the increase.

I cannot understand people lack of common sense.... Why risk it...???

Nothing may have happened in previous trips....but the danger is real, and present.

This is exactly like Russian roulette...

[maria_and_matt]

[QUOTE=aromulus;192303]

theres only a few malaria hotspots in the philippines. QUOTE]

You will find that, especially in the north, due to the recent floodings and stagnant water, the number of "hotspots" will increase dramatically.
Also Dengue will be on the increase.

I cannot understand people lack of common sense.... Why risk it...???

Nothing may have happened in previous trips....but the danger is real, and present.

This is exactly like Russian roulette...

i agree of the risk being real, but i have family there who has lived in the philippines all their life, non of them caught malaria. and we do not take risk, i make sure that my husband and son use OFF lotion and reapply every 3 hrs. on our trips home i have to admit we rarely get bitten by mosquitoes using the off lotion.

[aromulus]

[QUOTE=maria_and_matt;192309]

i agree of the risk being real, but i have family there who has lived in the philippines all their life, non of them caught malaria. and we do not take risk, i make sure that my husband and son use OFF lotion and reapply every 3 hrs. on our trips home i have to admit we rarely get bitten by mosquitoes using the off lotion.

After living all her life in Cebu, my sister in law died of Dengue last year, and her 10 year old nephew the year before, in a different location....

[maria_and_matt]

[QUOTE=aromulus;192312]

After living all her life in Cebu, my sister in law died of Dengue last year, and her 10 year old nephew the year before, in a different location....

again off lotion could have prevented mosquito bites. the people back home are made aware that it is around, they are given advice.

back to malaria, my son took the anti malaria tablets just the once as the side effects was so bad it made him ill.

[Tawi2]

My hair fell out taking anti-malarials Luckily it grew back I packed in taking them,always use deet nowadays(I hope that makes the lamoks hair fall out).

[triple5]

My hair fell out taking anti-malarials Luckily it grew back I packed in taking them,always use deet nowadays(I hope that makes the lamoks hair fall out).

I'd heard the side effects of anti-malaria tablets can be quite severe. Hair loss being quite common. I shared a room with a guy who had taken a course and he was complaining of voices in his head, nausea, headaches.

[maria_and_matt]

I'd heard the side effects of anti-malaria tablets can be quite severe. Hair loss being quite common. I shared a room with a guy who had taken a course and he was complaining of voices in his head, nausea, headaches.

i've learnt the hard way, my son was in hospital for 6 days, vomiting, headaches and general fatigue. luckily his pediatrician noticed that he was taking anti malaria tablets, he told me to stop it, after a week or so my son was back to normal. we thought he was going to die, he just cant stop vomiting.

we were just adviced to be extremely careful from dusk till dawn, apply insect repellent lotions every 3 hrs.

[Tawi2]

I had headaches as well but it was the hair loss I found shocking Got to admit however its better than what happened to an old mate of mine,had 2 weeks leave when he was based in HK,flew to Thailand and went up to the Burmese border for a mooch around,came back to Honkers and was complaining of headaches,dead within a week,cerebral malaria If its your time its your time I guess.