Je vais partir 2 mois en Equateur cet été (juillet/août). Le médecin spécialiste à l'hôpital me conseille de faire le vaccin contre la rage parce qu'on va voyager parfois dans des zones un peu isolées et surtout par rapport à la durée de notre voyage. Elle ne le recommande pas pour un séjour < à 1 mois.
Je comprends que si on se fait mordre par un chien (enragé ou pas, de toutes façons on peut pas savoir...) ou griffer/lécher sur des plaies, on a intérêt à se faire injecter le vaccin curatif dans les 24h. Ce qui pose problème si effectivement on est loin de tout, on risque de mettre plus de 24h à arriver dans une grande ville...
Le vaccin préventif donne un peu plus de temps (pas compris combien exactement) pour se faire injecter à nouveau le vaccin curatif.
N'y a-t-il qu'à Quito ou à Guayaquil qu'on peut trouver des centres où se faire injecter un vaccin anti-rage ?
Pour les voyageurs étant déjà partis en Equateur, avez-vous eu des problèmes avec des chiens ?
Toutes vos infos sur ce sujet sont les bienvenues !
Incroyable. On dirait vraiment que l'on vit dans la brousse, chez nous. Cela fait 17 ans que je vis en Equateur (c'est plus que 2 mois ça !) et jamais je ne me suis fais mordre par un chien et crois bien que j'ai crapahuté dans ce pays. Je ne savais pas non plus que l'Equateur était un foyer de rage. Tu risques d'être embêté (embêté pas mordre) par les chiens si tu marches seul dans la campagne andine et que tu traverses des petits villages. Si tu rencontres un chien agressif qui t'aboie dessus, il suffit de te baisser, comme si tu allais prendre une pierre (pas un bâton, ça les énerve plus) et le chien ne s'approchera pas. C'est tout. Quand à la rage, je ne pense pas qu'il y en plus ici qu'en France.
Pas d'angoisse injustifiée et profites bien de ton voyage.
Merci beaucoup de ta réponse ! Je suivrai tes conseils.
Je ne pense pas que l'on vive dans la Brousse en Equateur. La rage existe potentiellement partout (sauf en Islande) donc je préfère quand même me renseigner.
Je n'arrive pas à avoir l'info de combien de temps je dispose pour aller me faire vacciner dans les deus cas (si j'ai reçu un vaccin préventif, ou si je n'en ai jamais reçu). En fonction de ça j'aviserai.
Je profite de ta longue expérience de l'Equateur pour te demander ce que tu penses du Palu au nord-ouest de Guayaquil (parc national Machalilla, isla de la Plata, côte). J'ai tendance à me dire que sur la côte ça doit être assez ventilé donc peut-être pas trop de moustiques ? Mais le parc ?
Je suis désolée si mes questions te paraissent déplacées, mais j'ai pris la peine d'aller voir un médecin spécialisé à l'hôpital (également voyageur) et c'est elle qui m'a parlé palu et rage. Il m'est difficile de ne pas me renseigner sur ces risques, d'autant plus que j'emmène mes enfants avec moi, je sais que le risque zéro n'existe pas mais j'aimerais, au moins pour eux, qu'il soit réduit au minimum et au moins savoir quoi faire en cas de problème.
Aucun vaccin n’est obligatoire pour voyager en Equateur.
Il vous suffit d'être à jour pour les vaccinations classiques : tétanos, poliomyélite et hépatite A.
Par contre effectivement, le palu est beaucoup plus commun sur la côte Pacifique qu’en Amazonie. Les moustiques en Amazonie équatorienne ne sont d'ailleurs pas très nombreux non plus, contrairement à la côte encore une fois, où en certaines périodes, ils constituent une vraie plaie. Il faut savoir que la côte équatorienne est sale. La coutume est encore toujours de jeter les ordures par terre ou par les fenêtres. Pour cette raison, la zone sud, Guayaquil est la plus touchée, de même qu'un peu dans la zone nord de la côte, au nord d'Esmeraldas.
Puerto Lopez et le parc de Machalilla n'est pas dense en population, donc moins sale, moins de maladie. A 1h30 de là tu as Manta qui est une ville moderne avec toutes les facilités. Comme tu dis le risque zero n'existe pas. Je n'ai jamais rien pris contre le palu. Ces médicaments sont très nocifs, très difficiles à supporter pour l'organisme et ont beaucoup d'effets secondaires. La population locale ne prend rien non plus forcément, c'est physiquement impossible. J'ai plusieurs amis qui vivent à Puerto Lopez et tout va bien pour eux et leurs enfants. Le palu, de même que le dengue, sont bien sûr plus commun dans les quartiers pauvres, pour le problème cité ci-dessus.
Pour les moustiques il faut s'armer d'un bon anti-moustiques et deux semaines avant le départ prendre un complément de vitamine B. J'ai entendu dire que l'on secrète une "odeur" que les moustiques n'aiment pas et je dois dire que pour moi ça marche bien en tout cas! Je ne me fais pratiquement jamais pîquer.
Au niveau santé en Equateur je dirais qu'il faut faire plutôt attention à:
Ne pas boire l'eau du robinet
Ne pas manger n'importe où, dans la rue ou les endroits qui n'ont pas l'air propres.
Faire attention avec le mal de montagne.
Mettre beaucoup de crème solaire
Comme vaccin obligatoire, on nous demande de faire la fièvre jaune. On nous conseille également le typhus.
L'hépatite A et les vaccins classiques, c'est fait ! 😉
Je pense qu'on ne va pas faire la rage. Je réfléchis comment faire pour le palu.
Les protections anti-moustiques "classiques" (crème, vêtements imprégnés, moustiquaire imprégnées, vêtements longs dès le soir, et pourquoi pas de la vitamine B) seront bien sûr adoptées d'office !
Je vais bien briefer mon fils de pas s'approcher des chiens... Il a peur de rien...
C'est limite. Les enfants sont les plus à risque sur le plan rage, et s'il fallait vacciner une seule personne, ce serait lui
l'Equateur n'est pas une zone à grand risque. "Epidémie" en 1996, je n'ai pas connaissance de gros problèmes depuis, mais cela ne veut pas dire que le risque n'existe pas.
La vaccination de votre fils me semble être à considérer.
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