travel health

May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey be plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have never a lump... May your puddings be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Christmas dinner Stay off your thighs! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to Everyone!

As some of you are aware, Mrs! and I are heading to China at Christmas for a few weeks covering Shanghai, Beijing, Harbin and Taipei. (we ditched Xi'an due to great dumplings in Taipei ;)) Yesterday we done the N1H1 shots (they hurt!) as I personally thought that this was far more important...

I've spent the past few days looking for health insurance for the F-I-L who is booked to travel to Zimbabwe in October for 4 weeks. As easy as it is for middle aged and younger to gain coverage, most of the website offerings add quite a premium for being over 70. The extra premium I can...

Warning: travel may be dangerous to your health-08 July, 2009 What's the difference between VTE and DVT?

Flew to HKG for a holiday in May and also went to Macau for a day. On both occasions entering HKG, and also when arriving in Macau, the required health declarations specifically asked about exposure to swine flu. On returning to Australia (PER) was amused to find the health declaration form only...

Jet lag: is cough the answer? An interesting article found on NineMSN, which discusses various ways of combating Jet lag. Especially interesting are the comments alongside the article.

We all read the great trip reports with interest. However, it does appear that we travel from lounge-to inflight meal-to hotel-to restaurant-to airline lounge again. Combine this with long days & time changes - how do you maintain weight & general health ? For me - doing frequent domestic &...

My family and I are travelling to Thailand in September (Bangkok and Kho Samui), and knowing the level of general travel expertise here, I was wondering what people thought was necessary regarding vaccinations. We have heard that Hep A is really all that is needed, and my family has got that...

Who don't really get jetlagged, and what do you think your 'tricks' are? I find myself not really getting jetlagged (except for slight insomnia at times) if I sleep well on the plane and I keep myself busy on arrival until the local night. Anyone else?

Just wondering what drugs/medicines do people take with them when travelling. I guess the standard one for me is panadol; anything gets sore take one of those and sometimes Sudafed if I remember. I recently got sick before I travelled last weekend, so went to the doctor to get a...

Hi there. Apologies if this seems an inane question. I seem to recall reading quite some time ago that one way to assist in getting over jet lag was the direction in which you travelled. In other words, if travelling aound the world ( Syd/Ldn/NY/Syd) it was preferable to travel East (...

Hi, I'll be travelling to Europe in the next four weeks and was told by a doctor that I had 'sticky' blood and if I was ever to take a long haul flight I should take aspro's to remedy this. What is your reccommendation? Cheers, Kymbo

I will travel from Australia to Nairobi via India (and vv) and wanted to be sure if I needed yellow fever vaccination. I have heard of experience of other travellers who on arrival in India from Kenya had been quarantined for lack of certificate. f

Tuesday May 22, 07:14 AM cough might relieve jet-lag: study The male impotence drug cough may be useful for treating jet lag and shift work as well, according to Argentine researchers who gave it to hamsters made to feel like rodent globe-trotters. The researchers manipulated the schedule...

Does anyone know what sorts of hoops we have to jump through when taking small personal amounts of prescription drugs thru US customs? The relevant US website talks about having to declare such items. We'll be taking in some fairly innocuous stuff (blood pressure tablets, sleeping tablets so...

My very first DONE4 ! I originally had an exCMB planned, but in light of the Tamil Tigers' festivities I've switched it to NRT due to all the uncertainty with CX services to CMB. Last thing I want is to have my whole holiday canned without warning. exNRT actually increased my BIS by about 1000...

After a quick look around this site there does not seem be an arena for health discussions. As alluded to in this thread travel, especially flying long distance is very stressfull on the human body. There are certain adrenal, hormonal support preperations that can be taken to assist the body...

Just wondering who else is getting annoyed by that DVT prevention video that QF plays at the start of flights. For me I'm not so annoyed by the fact that they play the video as I'm sure that they are genuinely concerned :roll: for passenger health and safety. What I really want to know is...

Hi, any experience or informed knowledge out there re the following? The fine print that I have read so far is not really specific. If travelling to somewhere like Egypt, where certain vaccinations are recommended by some parties, but are not mandatory, is the insurance company likely to be...

I am flying to Egypt via Singapore and Dubai. Just wondering if anyone has any tips to minimise jetlag during such a long travel time. This is my first trip out of Oz. :D