Are there any suggestions to any types of preventitive vaccines if any that would be of benifit in these longer OW swims? The bodies of water that I enter are not all bad...Lake Mich, finger lakes, Lake Erie, Potomac. As endurance atletes we are already a little bit immuno compromised. Plus, my insurance is changing and figured I would get caught up before the end of the year if possible. Thanks.
Your doctor is probably your best info source, but I'd consider especially the Hepatitis A vaccine. OW swimming was one reason I elected to get it when it became available 10 years or so ago. Aside from Hep A and tetanus, I don't know of any other diseases that you could get a vaccine against that you might have a higher risk of catching in a lake or ocean swim than (say) on the bus or at the gym.
Your doctor is probably your best info source, but I'd consider especially the Hepatitis A vaccine. OW swimming was one reason I elected to get it when it became available 10 years or so ago. Aside from Hep A and tetanus, I don't know of any other diseases that you could get a vaccine against that you might have a higher risk of catching in a lake or ocean swim than (say) on the bus or at the gym.
