Traveling is never without risks, like your stomach not responding positively to new foods. Despite that, people power through for the opportunity to experience other cultures and to see other parts of the world.
However, travelers with plans to visit certain popular tropical destinations may want to do a little more than pack some Tums, as the Centers for Disease Control have issued a travel notice after a spike in dengue fever cases.
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The CDC’s travel notice indicates that certain countries “are reporting higher than usual numbers of cases, or CDC has identified a higher-than-expected number of dengue cases among U.S. travelers returning from those countries.”
The government agency continued, noting that “travelers visiting these countries may be at increased risk.”
There are currently 18 countries on the list, including several popular vacation destinations like Fiji, Mexico, and Saint Lucia.
The full list of countries at the time of publication was: Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Comoros, Cuba, Ecuador, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Iran, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Saint Lucia, Sudan, and Tonga.
Per the CDC, “dengue is a disease caused by a virus spread through mosquito bites” that can take up to two weeks to develop.
Common symptoms include “fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, rash, muscle and joint pain, and minor bleeding,” and can develop rapidly into more serious symptoms like “hemorrhage (uncontrolled bleeding), shock (seriously low blood pressure), organ failure, and death.”
According to the Cleveland Clinic, “most people recover from dengue fever without any lasting complications. If you have symptoms of dengue fever, you have about a 1 in 20 chance of it worsening to severe dengue. If you have severe dengue and are treated immediately at a hospital or medical facility, you have a greater than 99% chance of recovering.”
Two vaccines against dengue fever exist, including one that is available in the United States.
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