Vaccinations and travel after renal transplant


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Vaccinations and travel after transplant


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If you are planning to travel abroad, check well in advance which vaccinations are required. Immunosuppressed patients should not receive live vaccines.

Listed below are some of the vaccines that transplant patients can and cannot have. Only a few have been covered. If you are in any doubt about which vaccines are suitable, please check with the transplant co-ordinator who will be able to advise you.

Permitted vaccines		Vaccines not to be given
Influenza vaccine		MMR Vaccine
Inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine (salk)		Poliomyelitis vaccine - live oral type - (sabin)
Pneumococcal vaccine		Oral typhoid vaccine (vivotif)
Tetanus vaccine		BCG
Polysaccharide Typhoid vaccine (Typhum Vi)		Smallpox vaccine
		Yellow fever vaccine

Before planning to go to a country where there is malaria, discuss this with your transplant doctor. Some anti-malarial treatment can affect the levels of immunosuppression in your blood. In addition, if you do contract malaria whilst immunosuppressed this can be very dangerous.

Insurance

It is very important to get adequate travel insurance before travelling abroad. If you have any problem obtaining insurance, try contacting the British Liver Trust who have a list of insurance companies who are willing to insure patients following liver transplantation.

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