Tuberculosis Travel Insurance

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Tuberculosis Travel Insurance:

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease that mainly affects the lungs, but that can spread to other organs or areas of the body.

Travel advice:

It is possible to travel with TB.

Your ability to travel if you have the disease may well depend on what strain of the disease you have and your risk of infecting others with it.

There are no cases on record when other airplane passengers or crew have been infected.

However, it is not recommended that TB patients should be allowed to go on long haul flights.

It is also not recommended that any TB patients whose bodies have not responded to treatment should be allowed to fly.

Whether or not it is safe for you to travel will depend on your individual case, and it is vital to check with your physician before planning your trip as to whether or not you are able to leave the county.

Some of the factors your ability to travel will depend on are:

• The risk to others you may come in contact with
• The stability of your condition
• The availability of TB treatment in the area you are travelling to
• Sufficient amounts of medication to last the trip

Symptoms and causes:

The disease is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.

A person can become infected with the disease from another person that has it already, if they breathe in the bacteria from a cough or a sneeze from the infected. The symptoms can vary but often include:

• Coughing up blood
• Coughing up mucus
• Excessive sweating
• Fatigue
• Weight loss
• Chest pains
• Wheezing
• Breathing difficulties

Those more at risk from the disease are:

• Those who come into close physical contact with the infected
• Very young children
• The elderly
• Those with weakened immune systems
• Those who live in unsanitary conditions
• Those with poor nutrition
• Those who love in certain areas of the world that have higher case rates of the disease, such as parts of Asia and Africa

Useful Websites: NHS Medical Conditions - Tuberculosis Indepth - Tuberculosis Travel Health Advice - Tuberculosis Information

To get a quote by telephone or email, please contact us on 0844 848 1500 or chris@jsinsurance.co.uk