Malaria Vaccinations?

I'm going to china and vietnam in June. Is it better to get Malaria Vaccinations? And if so, does it hurt really bad and where do they give it to you? The arm?

Thanks

It is indeed a good thing to do although not necessary. That is because these countries have already began taking preventive measures against diseases like this since a long time ago. Malaria Vaccinations would cause the injected part to get numb for a day or two. You will find it a little uneasy especially when you're lying down sideways on the arm which you got the shot on. Anyway, it's just temporary and would feel normal again after the one to two day period.

The usual treatment to prevent malaria for people traveling overseas is to take anti-malarial drugs which work very well to both prevent malaria infection (by taking the drugs before you get bitten by an infected mosquito), and to treat malaria if a person does become infected by being bitten.

Your doctor will most likely prescribe one of the antimalarial drugs for you and have you start taking them shortly before you travel, continue taking them while you are overseas, and discontinue them shortly after you come home.

Antimalarials have been the standard treatment (the "gold star" treatment) for malaria prevention when traveling for many many years.

Below is a link for info about the medications.

Happy Traveling!!

you could go to any doctor and ask them for malaria prophylactic drugs these you will swallow there are some u take only once others for 3 days so u dont have to take the jab

You cant get a vaccination for malaria. The only way is to take prophylactic medications. There are many different ones and it depends on various things like what part of the countries you are going to, as certain places have resistance to certain medications.

Speaking as someone who has personally suffered from malaria I would strongly advise you to take antimalarials. See your doctor asap.

One thing you may want to do is find out if you'll need the meds for malaria. If you will be at high elevations (9000+ ft) or in areas that are not habitat for mosquitoes, you won't need the treatment. Otherwise, you can get pills for this. Check the CDC website, they usually have a pretty good summary in their travel section, of what you need for different destinations around the world.