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How to Deal With Inflight Health Issues
From your Air Travel Guide
The environment in the air is much different than on the ground. Here are a number of tips to take charge of your health inflight.
Here's How:
- Do not fly soon after surgery. The change in atmospheric pressure may impede the healing process.
- Try not to travel if you have a head cold, or sinus infection. The cabin pressure will make the symptoms worse. If you must travel, bring decongestants and coat the nasal area with petroleum jelly to avoid extra tenderness.
- Purchase travel insurance before you fly. The insurance offered at the airports is usually much more expensive.
- Keep all medications with you on board. Ask for your doctor to issue extra prescriptions if the medications are essential to your health. More than once, passengers have left their heart medications behind.
- Because the air is so dry when you fly, alcohol can be much more potent. Either compensate with more water, or reduce alcoholic intake. Otherwise, headaches and bloating will arrive soon.
- Stretch! Not only will it help to keep the blood flowing, but it will alleviate the cramping and pains that come from sitting for an extended period of time.
- A number of foods served inflight are laden with sugar, or have a `heavy' feeling to them. Because such foods can cause fluctuations in blood sugar and leave you feeling bloated and achy, be wary of them.
- Always bring a summary of your medical history with you. If something should happen inflight, having a list of allergies, medications, contact lense prescriptions, etc., could prove to be invaluable.
- Load up on the vitamins before you board. Fresh air is a foreign concept on long flights, and you may be susceptible to air-borne infections or diseases.
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