Typhoid
Stay protected against typhoid fever with expert-administered vaccination. Essential for travellers visiting high-risk areas, reducing the risk of severe illness caused by contaminated food and water.

A Small Step for Big Protection – Get Your Typhoid Vaccine
Typhoid fever is a serious bacterial infection caused by Salmonella Typhi. It spreads through contaminated food and water, making travellers to certain regions particularly vulnerable.
Typhoid vaccination is a safe and effective way to protect against this illness, especially for those visiting high-risk areas where sanitation and hygiene may be compromised.
Symptoms and Complications
- High fever: Gradually rising temperature, reaching 39–40°C (102–104°F).
- Abdominal discomfort: Stomach pain, nausea, constipation, or diarrhoea.
- Weakness & fatigue: Extreme tiredness, body aches, and loss of appetite.


Why Do You Need the Typhoid Vaccine?
- Prevents severe illness: Typhoid fever can cause high fever, weakness, abdominal pain, and life-threatening complications.
- Protects against contaminated food & water: The disease spreads through contaminated food and water, especially in high-risk areas.
- Essential for travel: Many countries with poor sanitation have a high risk of typhoid infection.
- Long-lasting immunity: The vaccine provides protection for several years, reducing the risk of infection during future travels.
- Reduces disease spread: Vaccination prevents the spread of typhoid fever, protecting both individuals and communities.
South Asia, Africa, Central & South America, the Middle East, and parts of Southeast Asia are high-risk regions for typhoid. Travellers to these areas are strongly advised to get the typhoid fever vaccine to protect against this potentially severe bacterial infection, which spreads through contaminated food and water.
Who Should Get the Typhoid Vaccine?
- Travellers visiting high-risk areas, especially rural regions.
- Backpackers, adventure travellers, and those staying with locals.
- Anyone planning long-term stays in endemic countries.


When and How to Get Vaccinated?
There are two types of typhoid fever vaccines:
- Injection (Inactivated Vaccine): One dose, provides protection for up to 3 years.
- Oral (Live Vaccine): Four capsules taken over a week, protection lasts up to 5 years.
- Best to get a typhoid vaccine jab at least 2 weeks before travel for full protection.
Possible Side Effects and Safety Information
The typhoid vaccine is safe and effective, with mild side effects:
- Injection: Redness, swelling, mild fever.
- Oral vaccine: Stomach upset, nausea.
Serious reactions are very rare.

Benefits of the Flu Vaccine
The flu is more than just a cold. Even people who are young and fit can become seriously ill from the flu. For older people and those with long-term health conditions, the flu can be very dangerous. That’s why it is recommended that everyone aged 2 and older get the flu jab if they are safe to do so.
The flu is a respiratory virus that can last for weeks and can’t be treated with antibiotics. Most people who get it will feel better within a week or so without any problems, but others may develop more serious complications like pneumonia and cardiac conditions.
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Additional Travel Health Advice
- Combine with hepatitis A vaccination, as both diseases spread through contaminated food and water.
- Drink only bottled or boiled water, avoid raw food, and practice good hygiene.
- Consider travel essentials like antidiarrheal medication and rehydration salts.

How to Protect Yourself and Others?
Don’t take risks with your health—book your typhoid vaccination in Chiswick at Alisha Pharmacy, easily reachable from Hammersmith, Roehampton, Richmond, Ealing, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Brentford, Barnes, and Camden Town.
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