air travel disease
air travel disease
Any condition linked to the unique circumstance of air travel, including transmission of measles, influenza, smallpox (of historic interest), and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the confined quarters of long commercial flights (see table below for non-infectious air travel diseases).Air travel & disease
• Aerotitis media Middle ear barotrauma
• Barosinusitis Pain, bleeding of sinuses; flying with sinusitis may cause a spread to the CNS
• Deep vein thrombosis See “Economy class syndrome”
• Heart attack Related to anxiety, sprinting to connecting flight, decreased cabin O2 ergo hypoxia, decreased cabin humidity
• Musculoskeletal Low back pain and injuries
• Nausea and vomiting
• Syncope/vertigo Possibly related to decreased cabin O2 leading to hypoxia
• Separation-related Panic, anxiety, depression
• Trauma Due to objects tumbling from overhead–avoid aisle seats.
air travel disease
Travel medicine Any condition related to the unique conditions of air travel Infections The potential for infection by an airborne pathogen from another inmate in the confined quarters of commercial flights is understudied. See Airline food, Air sickness.Air travel & disease
- Aerotitis media
- Middle ear trauma
- Barosinusitis
- Pain, bleeding of sinuses; flying with sinusitis may cause a spread to the CNS
- Deep vein thrombosis
- 'Economy class' syndrome
- Heart attack
- Related to anxiety, sprinting to connecting flight, ↓ cabin O2 ergo hypoxia, ↓cabin humidity
- Infections
- eg, TB and other communicable diseases
- Musculoskeletal
- Low back pain and injuries
- Nausea
- Syncope/vertigo
- -possibly related to ↓ cabin O2leading to hypoxia
- Separation-related
- Panic, anxiety, depression
- Trauma
- Due to objects tumbling from overhead–avoid the aisle seat