Air Travel Medical Problems

Air Travel - Special Subjects - Merck Manuals …

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Air travel is contraindicated for patients who have or are likely to develop pneumothorax (eg, those who have large pulmonary blebs or cavities) and for those in whom air or gas is trapped (eg, those who have an incarcerated bowel , those traveling < 10 days after chest …

6 Ways Airplane Travel Affects Your Body – Cleveland …

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Air pressure is lower at higher altitudes, which means your body takes in less oxygen. Airlines “pressurize” the air in the cabin, but not to sea-level pressures, so …

Air travel health tips - Harvard Health

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Especially in passengers who are older or have certain conditions, air travel and the related stress can have an impact on health. Here are a few trouble areas and …

Traveling with Chronic Conditions | Johns Hopkins Medicine

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This includes those with cardiac failure, recent myocardial infarction (heart attack) or stroke, angina (chest pain) at rest, heart rate or rhythm disorders, uncontrolled arterial …

Guidelines for Flying With Heart Disease - Verywell Health

https://www.verywellhealth.com/guidelines-for-flying-with-heart-disease-1746208

5 Real Hazards of Air Travel | Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/13878-health-hazards-air-travel.html

Short-term problems from jet lag include the obvious fatigue and loss of concentration but also irritability and loss of appetite. Long lines at security at the terminal and the stale dinner...

Air travel and your health - Harvard Health

https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/Air_travel_and_your_health

And the chief advantage of air travel also poses a medical challenge: Passengers often arrive in new time zones with their biological clocks on their old time. …

Health Issues of Air Travel | Annual Review of Public Health

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.24.100901.140853

A patient who has the potential for acting out, aggressive behavior, noncompliance with medication, ...

Health issues of air travel - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12428033/

Although medical problems and death are rare in flight, they do occur, and one major airline reported 1.52 medical diversions per billion revenue passenger miles flown. To …

What's behind the latest air travel chaos? Problems with the little ...

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Airports and air traffic control regulators and organizations such as the FAA and NAV Canada, create the notices that are sent to the system. An airport might include …