Travelers from the western world may acquire tropical infections while they travel in the tropics. There are many symptoms that suggest tropical infections such as fever, diarrhea, skin rash, etc. These group of patients may develop symptoms while or after their trips. They should tell the doctors about their travel history to help the doctors find the diagnosis. If you get sick in the tropics, it is strongly recommended to seek for the medical care. Since some tropical diseases such as malaria can be fatal if not received prompt treatment.
We are specialized in Tropical / Travel medicine. So we can provide a comprehensive medical care in diagnosis, lab testing and treatment of many tropical diseases such as
| • Malaria – we have 24 hrs service for malaria. |
| • Traveler’s diarrhea |
| • Scrub Typhus/Murine Typhus |
| • Leptospirosis |
| • Melioidosis |
| • Typhoid fever/Paratyphoid fever |
| • Dengue infection |
| • Gnathostomiasis |
| • Filariasis |
| • Neurocysticercosis |
| • Amoebic liver abscess |
| • Viral Hepatitis |
| • Intestinal parasites such as Hook worm, Ascariasis, strongyloidiasis, capillariasis |
| • Larva migrans |
| • Eosinophilia/Eosinophillic meningitis. |
| • Tropical skin diseases |
| • Tuberculosis |
| • etc. |
Each diseases required different laboratory testings such as blood check, stool exam, molecular diagnosis, etc. Counseling with our staff is mandatory in this issue.
