We've previously talked about ways in which you can deal with a flight if you are already sick. In this post, we will talk about how to avoid getting sick from a flight. Before we get started, I just want to say that we will not be talking about motion sickness or anything like that [...]
Travel Health Tips
This category contains tips for staying healthy on the road.
Disclaimer: I was sent a fee sample from Fully Sic Bags. That said, this review is non-conditional and I can write whatever I want. When I was traveling in Ghana in 2010, I had a horrific roadside incident that I've since been trying to erase from my memory. I was on my way to Takoradi [...]
Last year, I had a string of accidents that involved blood loss. I tore open the bridge of my nose on a colleague's elbow, I gashed my toe on a tree stump and I ripped my leg open after falling into an open sewer in Ghana (pic to the left). In each case, I was [...]
Depending on where you are traveling, you may have access to highly affordable medical care. In fact, medical care may be so cheap that you may consider foregoing insurance. In this post, I will talk about a personal experience with cheap medical care and why I continue to buy travel insurance. While traveling in West [...]
For many travelers, drinking is something of a recreational activity. There are some people who actually plan their trips around festivals and parties. Nightlife options weigh heavily for many. As fun as a big night out can be, it can also put you in bed the next day, erase some of your memories and produce [...]
We regularly harp on the importance of travel insurance on this site. If you follow the blog, and regularly read articles about things like amoebic dysentery and typhoid, then you probably see the importance as well. The simple fact is that you never know when an accident or an illness is going to strike. While [...]
We typically equate a vacation with discovery, relaxation and a break from the daily grind. In some cases, however, a vacation can actually be stressful. Such a vacation typically owes to poor planning - often, too much planning - or to the destination itself. You may find yourself swallowed whole by a mob of other [...]
Caring for your eyes can be a daunting task depending on where you are traveling. In certain developing world countries, you may not have access to the same products you do at home. If you are camping or spending significant time in rural areas, you may have to deal with factors like dirt and dust [...]
Depending on where and how much you travel, it may be unlikely that you will ever experience a health emergency in a foreign country. At the same time, an accident or something completely unexpected (see appendicitis) can happen on even the shortest of trips. With this in mind, you should always have a rough idea [...]
Most people know that water makes up the majority of our physical body. They probably also have "drink X glasses of water a day" advice tucked away somewhere in their brain. But few people realize how easy it can be to become dehydrated. Furthermore, the effects of dehydration are often ignored simply because they are [...]
