To leave a success at one hundred, one little comfort. Rest will bring pleasure only in the event that you will feel well. Therefore, take care of your health in advance. So, where to go to relax and what to bring with you? It is interesting.
Who - where?
If you suffer from chronic diseases, then before choosing a route consult your doctor. In some cases, his recommendations can be quite categorical.
Sharp climate change is contraindicated for people with cardiovascular diseases, with bronchial patients, with pathologies of the musculoskeletal system, as well as for all travelers of advanced age. They are best off to rest within the usual climatic zone.
• With increased function of the thyroid gland, hot sun can harm the health, so for rest, in this case, you have to choose either the cool months of the year in the southern regions, or the non-hot countries in the summer.
• Hypertension and asthmatics will benefit from rest in the mountains or at sea.
• Sea air is especially beneficial for those who suffer from chronic diseases of the nasopharynx: sinusitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis.
First-aid kit.
The list of acute illnesses, which to some extent can lie in wait for you away from home, is well known to everyone (about exotic ailments now it does not go, as they can only be cured by a doctor). And so that you can provide first aid to yourself and your family in time, you need to take with you the necessary minimum of medicines. Especially it should be done to those who go to rest abroad.
Gastrointestinal disorders. Diarrhea or constipation can provoke low-quality drinking water, unusual for your body features of the national cuisine or simply change the usual menu to any other. If you suspect a poisoning, you will very much use activated-active tablets. They should be taken on an empty stomach, at the rate of one tablet per 10 kg of its own weight. From painful sensations quickly relieve spasmaktics. And with enzyme preparations you can maintain a weakened by exotic dishes digestive system. If you are overcome by problems of the opposite property, then as a laxative, take something light, based on plant raw materials.
But antibiotics should not be taken. With prolonged diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, seek medical advice. But the best thing is to try to avoid getting infected. To do this, you need to wash your hands more often, do not buy food from doubtful trays, and drink only the water that is sold in bottles.
Acute respiratory diseases. There is no guarantee that on vacation you pass the so-called cold. You can trite airborne infection from a nearby patient. Or you can activate your own viruses, supercooled from a long bath in the sea or from excessive absorption of ice cream.
With malaise, caused by a slight rise in temperature, you will need paracetamol as the most gentle means. Take also vasoconstrictive drops that will facilitate breathing with a stuffy nose. By the way, be sure to drip this drug before planting: thereby you will save yourself from possible complications in the middle ear area. Injuries. We hope that prudent behavior on vacation will save you from serious damage. But you can cut yourself with a razor, scratch on a thorn or rub your foot. As a road antiseptic is very convenient medical pen, impregnated with iodine or zelenok. And from dressings - strips of bactericidal plaster.
Nervous tension. Situations in which you have to be very nervous, most likely, will bypass you. But sometimes small troubles can.
to get out of the rut. To relieve tension, have at hand a gentle sedative, made on the basis of well known to all herbs - valerian, St. John's wort, motherwort. It is useful to you and in case of sleep disturbance due to a sharp change of time zones.
Swaying. If you do not tolerate water walks or flights, but you can not avoid them on vacation, take special preparations from motion sickness. For the prevention of this phenomenon, drugs that simultaneously possess antihistamine, antiemetic and sedative effects are well suited. They are sold without a prescription, you just need to consult a pharmacist in the pharmacy.
Allergic reaction. Even if you have never been exposed to this scourge before, take some antihistamine with you on vacation. Who knows, but suddenly you suddenly have an allergy to coconut milk or tiara flowers? In addition, skin reactions can arise from the bites of exotic insects. But in order not to bring to this, it is better to put in the travel bag a repellent repelling the flying saboteurs.
Attributes of "sweet life". If you are going on vacation to have fun at the maximum, be sure to take two more pharmacy products with you: one - counter-current, the second - antipover.