Stay healthy when traveling

Tourism is one of the entertainment activities of each person indispensable in today's society. Tourism helps us to expand our knowledge, reduce stress, restore health after stressful working and studying days.

Tourism helps us expand knowledge and reduce stress (Photo: TTO) Summer is coming, long holidays are a convenient occasion for interesting tours. However, in order for the trip to be fully fun, we need to maintain good health by noting the following basics:

1. Prevention of motion sickness: motion sickness is a disorder of the body's balance, which is located in each person's inner ear. This motion sickness can be encountered in some people when traveling by car, plane, ship.

Common symptoms are irritability, dizziness, headache, sweating, pale green, nausea.

How to prevent:

- Do not eat too much before going to the train or car.

- Suggest that people do not smoke in the car.

- For those who are too sensitive, please change seats in the middle of the vehicle, avoid sitting in the position of the wheel and the end of the vehicle.

- Before going to train about ½ hour, take anti-motion sickness medicine like Dimenhydrinate 50mg, adult take 1 tablet; children 8-12 years of age ½ - 1 tablet; 2 - 8 year old children drink ¼ - ½ tablet. Can be taken a second time after 4 hours if needed.

2. Prevention of dehydration: many people are afraid to urinate while traveling by train, so they do not dare to drink water. This is not recommended because it will lead to lack of water and mineral salts due to sweating and respiratory. , concentrated urine makes it easy to get kidney stones, urinary tract infections .

Therefore, it is necessary to drink sufficient water according to demand (mineral water, coconut water, juices .) and about 2-3 hours should stop the toilet once.

3. Prevention of intestinal diseases: should eat cooked, drink cooked, should not eat and drink along the road because hygiene conditions are not guaranteed to make the disease spread through the gastrointestinal tract such as diarrhea, typhoid, translation cholera, dysentery, hand-foot-mouth syndrome (in children) .

Should bring a few Oresol packages to mix into drinking water (1 pack mixed in 1 liter of cooked water) when having diarrhea before going to medical facilities for examination and treatment.

4. When going to the highlands, pay attention to keeping the body warm, especially children to prevent respiratory diseases. People with asthma should take an asthma gas spray to prevent an unexpected asthma attack.

5. Should bring a personal emergency bag including cotton, bandages, sterile gauze, old oxygen water, alcohol . to wash the wound and give first aid when an accident.

6. A few blisters of painkillers (such as Paracetamol 500mg), antibiotics (such as Amoxicilline 500mg, Erythromycine 500mg, etc.) may be taken for temporary use when wounded. Bring anti-motion sickness drugs like Dimenhydrinate 50mg when you need to move a lot by train.

In short, to be happy and healthy when traveling is what everyone wants. Want this to pay great attention to preserve in eating and preventing accidents while visiting the tour, the trip will be fun and meaningful.

Deputy General Director NGUYEN DINH SANG