Hospital Carlos III in the travelers unit has been an increase of 182% of patients over five years.

This hospital is the only Center that offers comprehensive care before and after the trip to adults and children.

-attention citizens returning from a trip to tropical diseases is increased by 39%

-the hospital administered 18.186 vaccinations 6.420 people who visited abroad in 2009

Madrid, August 2010.- the Minister of health, Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, visited section of Tropical Medicine and Traveler of the Hospital Carlos IIICentre hospital on the public network or risk of the community of Madrid, which offers citizens a comprehensive care both before and after trips to exotic areas. In addition, also has the only unit child traveler, offering vaccination and tips for traveling abroad with children under age.

During the visit, the Adviser presented a balance with data from patients treated in recent years. Fernández-Lasquetty stressed the remarkable increase experienced in the last five years consultations in the unit of the traveler, with a 182% increase, having gone from 2,273 persons benefiting from 2005 to 2009 6.420, and from a single check five years ago to four consultations today, one in afternoon.

Also, Advisor highlighted registered growth of consultations trip are addressed in the unit of Tropical Medicine in the service of infectious diseases. These patients have also experienced a remarkable increase in the past five years, with an increase of 39 per cent, having become of 2.995 in 2005 4.168 in 2009.

To avoid contracting diseases in high-risk areas, physicians of the Hospital Carlos III recommended travelers prepare their displacement in advance and at least one month before departure to attend consultations of advice, where they will receive higiénico-sanitarios tips and relevant vaccine, always referred to by specialists and in a personalized way.

The increase in consultations of the units of Tropical Medicine and traveler is due especially to the multiplication of travel to exotic areas. In total, last year administered 18.186 doses of vaccines 6.420 people who visited abroad, with an average of three vaccines by patient, especially for hepatitis A with 4.269 vaccines; fever and typhoid 3.364 dose yellow 2.943.

In addition, it should be noted that 76 per cent of travellers recommended preventive treatment for malaria or malaria.

On the destinations most demanded by the travelers who pass by Charles III, Africa stand out with 37%, followed by Asia with 34%, and Latin America with a 27%. By countries, in 2009 the destination star was India, followed by Kenya and Peru. The main reason for travel is tourism, which represents 48% of cases. The reasons for labour represent 15% of cases and those of cooperation, 12%.

Diseases to the back of the trip

The return of the trip is inspection of medicine Tropical of the Carlos III which undertakes to meet the people who have contracted some disease or have trouble. The Centre has studied 5.518 cases of patients in the last five years. The profile of the patient is a woman, 54% of cases, with a median age of 37, has made evil the treatment prescribed, has not paid attention to the health and hygiene measures recommended by the specialists or who has not previously consulted in the unity of the traveller.

Within the Group of patients who presented pathologies on the return of an exotic area and attended consultations of tropical diseases, 37.6 per cent of them traveled by tourism. Secondly, 33% did so for humanitarian reasons, a rate much higher than the of those attending for this reason the unity of the traveller. While 16% were offset by labour.

In the relavito to the places of travel highlights, as well as in the unity of the traveler, Africa, destination of 50% of the aided; second is positioned the American continent, especially South America, target of 30 per cent of the cases. And third place is held by Asia, preferred to 17% of travellers, and with special relevance Southeast Asia.

The results obtained in this study show that the most common pathologies are those related to the digestive system, 21,18% of cases; with febrile processes, 19.28%; and with diseases related to the skin, 17% of patients.

Fever by insect bite

Among patients who came to query to find with a fever chart, 258 cases of malaria or malaria, a disease which can be fatal if left untreated in time have been detected. Also note the 89 cases of dengue fever, Rickettsiosis 83 or 13 identified cases of Chikungunya virus. All of these diseases are transmitted by insect bites and manifested with fever and other symptoms such as joint pain or delirium, depending on the pathology and the degree of affectation.

Travellers with some sort of gastrointestinal pathology usually acquired parasites by swallowing any crude or badly cooked food or liquids without bottle. These parasites often cause diarrhea, nausea and abdominal spasms. And dermatological processes tend to be related to reactions to insect bites, infections by bacteria and fungi, or diseases caused by parasites, such as 125 patients with Larva migrans Cutanea, which is a linear and serpiginoso character dermic eruption produced by larvae of parasites that are introduced under the skin.