crohnsinct
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My non IBD daughter recently went to Guatemala and it seems came down with a mild case of Zika.
She wasn't pregnant or planning to become pregnant so I guess travel doc didn't warn her. It was only identified when she went for a physical for school and her GP noticed the rash. She did have fever while away and was sick when she came home but otherwise she is fine.
Just thought I would share a little info on it for the IBDers with the advice to ask a travel doc specifically about this illness if you are planning to travel to one of these countries on the list. I wonder if our kids are more at risk for the complications from Zika than others?
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/mobi...s-probe-tie-between-Zika--paralyzing-syndrome
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday extended the list of territories on its no-go list for pregnant women.
It added Barbados, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Guyana, Cape Verde and Samoa.
Last week, the agency urged pregnant women and women considering becoming pregnant to postpone visits to Puerto Rico, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay and Suriname
She wasn't pregnant or planning to become pregnant so I guess travel doc didn't warn her. It was only identified when she went for a physical for school and her GP noticed the rash. She did have fever while away and was sick when she came home but otherwise she is fine.
Just thought I would share a little info on it for the IBDers with the advice to ask a travel doc specifically about this illness if you are planning to travel to one of these countries on the list. I wonder if our kids are more at risk for the complications from Zika than others?
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/mobi...s-probe-tie-between-Zika--paralyzing-syndrome
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday extended the list of territories on its no-go list for pregnant women.
It added Barbados, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Guyana, Cape Verde and Samoa.
Last week, the agency urged pregnant women and women considering becoming pregnant to postpone visits to Puerto Rico, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay and Suriname
