Today, the fastest, safest and most convenient way to travel is to fly by plane. But, however, not everything is so perfect. The situation in the plane and some moments associated with long-distance flights can cause stress in some passengers. This publication provides recommendations on how to overcome stress during a flight on an airplane and make the trip as pleasant and comfortable as possible.
Low air humidity.
Air humidity in the cabin during the flight is reduced to 20% and lower, which is equivalent to the humidity in the desert. It can not cause significant harm to health, but it can cause discomfort to the skin, eyes and mucous membranes of the nose and throat.
To avoid negative effects, you must do the following:
- During the flight, drink enough water.
- It should be reduced, but it is better not to drink alcohol and coffee at this time. This should be done because these drinks, and all that contain caffeine, cause dehydration.
- Put on glasses instead of contact lenses - this will not irritate the eyes,
- During the flight do not use makeup, maximum - tint your lips and eyes with mascara. But no tonal means and shadows. Use a cream to moisten the face. An excellent remedy will be moisturizing aerosols containing mineral water.
Long stay without movement.
The plane has to sit a considerable time in the same pose. A long stay without movements will slow the blood circulation. As a result, the blood vessels of the legs narrow, which leads to the formation of thrombi, and in the legs there will be painful sensations, which can last several days.
For this case, there are also a number of requirements that must be met:
- Choose a place where there is plenty of free space in front of the chair, usually the first rows, and the rows next to the emergency exits.
- Drink water and juice, and completely give up coffee and alcohol for the period of flight.
- Less smoking.
- Try to change the poses in which you are sitting as often as possible. If the flight takes more than two hours, then every 60-90 minutes should get up and go through the salon.
- For flight, choose spacious and natural clothes. About narrow shoes, too, is better to forget. If you can not do without a model pair, then remove them.
- When you feel the tension in your legs, do the following exercise: shake your feet first in one, then in the other side, then pull out the socks, stretch your hands well, stretch your hands, periodically hold them in fists, and hold it for 5-7 seconds, then relax again.
- For a couple of hours before the flight on the plane, drink up to 10 milligrams of aspirin. This prevents blood clots.
Problems with the vestibular apparatus.
People suffering from seasickness and with a weak vestibular apparatus should choose places near the wing of the aircraft. Do not strain your eyes, that is, read or look through the porthole. In order to prevent seasickness, it is better to close your eyes and fix your body at one point. During the flight, as well as 24 hours before it, you should not take alcohol. But before landing on the plane, take a remedy against motion sickness. Good will help Aviamarin, Bonin, Kinidril or Aeron. Help and antihistamines that are used against allergies. These include "Diphenhydramine", "Pipolphus" and "Suprastin". They do not act immediately, but after two or more hours.
Change of time zones.
Many problems are due to the time difference, which all travelers and crosses of several time zones will face. This can seriously affect your health. It will be especially difficult for those people who are accustomed to get up at the same time or live on a certain regime of the day. Flights to the east are carried more heavily than in the western direction. As a result, the biological clock breaks down, and symptoms such as restless sleep, daytime flaccidity, or digestive problems may manifest.
In order to make it easier to overcome stress, or even completely reduce it, take into account the following tips:
- Before the flight, shift your mode of the day for two or even more hours.
- Have a good rest before boarding the plane.
- If possible, choose not a night flight but a day trip.
- During the flight, eat light food and drink plenty of water.
Follow all the tips given in the article to make the flight as enjoyable as possible.
Having reached it, it is worth trying to lie down and get up within the local time zone. Do not go to bed later than twelve at night according to local time, or as your internal clock tells you. To rebuild the body for a new time will take at least a week. Therefore, if the visit to another country will be two or three days, you can not leave the usual regime.
And finally, constantly taking medicine passengers should not forget to take it with them to the plane in hand luggage. Especially this recommendation concerns people suffering from cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus.