6 Quick and Easy Ways to Travel Healthier
Written by admin at 06:51 am on 2nd August, 2010 Uncategorized
It is therefore is very necessary to take good care of your health while you are on travel as to enjoy your journey to its fullest and with entirety. In case, if you are not alert to take care of yourself and more concerned when you are going for journey then you can sometimes even can spoil all excitement and fun at journey. So you should follow as below provided steps as to remain healthy when you are on the tour and journey of a place.
- Always plan ahead of journey whether there are required any immunizations or vaccinations before setting on journey. Some vaccines don’t reach the highest protection until about 6 weeks after you get the shots. Before going for journey there should be a medical and dental check up before taking the trip to the place for journey.
- More natural and practical is that you should first enquire with your doctor about taking any vaccine on the journey. Some general Vaccine a person should take on journey includes Hepatitis A or hepatitis A immune globulin, Hepatitis B, Influenza (the flu), Japanese encephalitis, Measles-mumps-rubella, Meningococcal meningitis and Yellow fever
- However, the another important way to keep you healthier while on a travel to a place of importance with respect to leisure activities is eating carefully at place of increased risk of traveler’s diarrhea. Steaming-hot, well-cooked food is best to eat and one should always avoid eating from street vendors and unpasteurized dairy products.
- In case you are traveling an area with having risk for malaria than you should take some preventive medicine for malaria and other diseases. Always keep in your mind to take medicine for malaria, even, before you leave on the trip. Take that medicine during journey and even enjoy them if you take it for 4 weeks even after you get home.
- Never take up overcrowded transportation and avoid journeying in vehicles without any safety belts. Always wear a helmet in case you are riding a motorcycle. Do not drive at night at areas which are not familiar to you.
- While you are set to take journey you should check out your first aid box for having all compulsory and necessary medications being in it. There medicine should be in the box for diarrhea and upset stomach. Check for medicines for cold. Also keep in first aid box medicine for Pain like as aspirin, acetaminophen, naproxen, ibuprofen. Scissors, tweezers, nail clippers, pocket knife, thermometer, mirror, hand wipes and hand sanitizers should be the part of First Aid Box.