Hi,

I am planning to get medical checkup and vaccine. But there is plenty vaccine around. I am abit confused which vaccine important. Currently, i male, 31 yo, single and never took any vaccine in the past 10 years. Any suggestion?

do a blood test and to check for antibodies. It will tell you what kind of vaccines you were given as a child.

Other vaccines that you can take example are Hep-C , chicken pox, bird flu...

i scare the body checkup centre will recommend me to take all vaccine. I google these vaccine from the net and cant believe so many types

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Herpes zoster (shingles)
Hepatitis A & B
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Cervarix & Gardasil
Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR)
Meningitis (Meningococcal)
Pneumococcal
Tetanus, Diphtheria and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap)
Flu

Unless you're going travelling in endemic infective regions, working in healthcare, TB-suspect patients, working with children, the elderly, planning to be sexually active with multiple partners (or a partner likely to have multiple partners), working with migrant/foreign workers on a regular basis, I see no real recommendation for a smorgasbord vaccination for a 31 year old urbanite.

Unless your close contacts, residence, work place has a vaccinable outbreak, it's not really an immediate concern.

This post has been edited by trencher10: Aug 15 2019, 05:17 PM

Hi, tumpang ask; which lab/hospital provide antibodies blood test? Last time I went to BP lab to see their list of service brochures, didn't see blood test specifically to check all antibodies (I think I saw Hep B only). I am asking because would like to know if I am immune to chicken pox, before I take chicken pox vaccine. Never got chicken pox even when I was around people with chicken pox and shingles, so my baby's doctor suggested I go to check if I am immune. But her hospital don't have such service, so I am looking around. And I might as well check for other antibodies at one go.

This post has been edited by lowlowc: Aug 23 2019, 01:20 PM

At this age, probably Hep B vaccine would be suitable.

We visit dentist, barber, etc and it can potentially spread there.

But check first if you are already immuned.

Chicken pox antibodies can be checked using blood test (I have done it before). I am not sure where you can do it in malaysia though.

how can we verify the syringe used by the doctor is clean? once i was testing blood the syringe just got taken out from somewhere and I didn't see him unpack the syringe at all.

Alright, thanks. I think I have to call up the hospitals and ask each one.

Huh? So far they always open the packaging in front of me.

Sometimes some people unpack the stuff and put it in the tray before coming to see the patient. Also,while unpacking can be done early on, uncapping the sheath of the needle (be it syringe or vacuette) is usually done at the time for venepuncture. And only crazy/tak belajar/don't want to follow advice/regulations people re-sheath used needles (great way for personal needlestick injuries).

No idea maybe I didn't see it or what.
He seemed to take from somewhere in the drawer or something.