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Frequent Flying and Illness
I have a question for those who fly a lot.
I've never been much of a flyer, and yet the last 8 months have seen me on 5 round trips, with regular travel now being my life. I find that when I get close to a scheduled trip, I start to feel ill, when I fly, I feel just ickky when I get off the plane, and I'm not well for a few days after each trip. This is a both coming-and-going issue. Is this something related to flying, to airplanes and their air quality, or do I just chalk it up to high-stress ahead of a trip? Does anyone else have general health issues with a lot of flights each year? How about those of you who travel in groups of time, then take that much grouping of time and don't see an airplane? The majority of my travel is international, but for the most part, I've been able to be comfortable (I think!) in my clothes and seating arrangements. Thanks for any insights you have! callie |
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Frequent Flying and Illness
"callie" wrote in message ... I have a question for those who fly a lot. I've never been much of a flyer, and yet the last 8 months have seen me on 5 round trips, with regular travel now being my life. I find that when I get close to a scheduled trip, I start to feel ill, A definate sign of it being phycological. Does anyone else have general health issues with a lot of flights each year? Not I. How about those of you who travel in groups of time, then take that much grouping of time and don't see an airplane? I get withdrawl symptons if I dont fly for about a month. |
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Frequent Flying and Illness
callie wrote:
I have a question for those who fly a lot. I've never been much of a flyer, and yet the last 8 months have seen me on 5 round trips, with regular travel now being my life. I find that when I get close to a scheduled trip, I start to feel ill, when I fly, I feel just ickky when I get off the plane, and I'm not well for a few days after each trip. This is a both coming-and-going issue. Is this something related to flying, to airplanes and their air quality, or do I just chalk it up to high-stress ahead of a trip? Could be both. Stressing out ahead of time lowers your immunity. If you are doing something different while traveling than with not traveling, you are then physically stressing your body and immune system. I know if I eat differently (not necessarily quality but type and quantity of food) while traveling than at home, I often feel run down and not as healthy. Of course dealing with multiple germs/viruses at different places don't help in the least. Perhaps take vitamins or eat properly before, during and after will help? Change your frame of mind...such as reading a book/listening to music while at home and while on the plane might help you relax? My biggest stressors are when the trip is not planned to the point that I know almsot exactly where/what/when I will be doing something. Does anyone else have general health issues with a lot of flights each year? |
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Frequent Flying and Illness
"Miss L. Toe" wrote in message
... I get withdrawl symptons if I dont fly for about a month. That could be construed as a somewhat masochistic tendancy. ;-) Kind Regards, Howard |
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Frequent Flying and Illness
"Howard Long" wrote in message ... "Miss L. Toe" wrote in message ... I get withdrawl symptons if I dont fly for about a month. That could be construed as a somewhat masochistic tendancy. ;-) And it gets even worse on those rare occasions when nothing goes wrong. |
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callie wrote: I have a question for those who fly a lot. I've never been much of a flyer, and yet the last 8 months have seen me on 5 round trips, with regular travel now being my life. I find that when I get close to a scheduled trip, I start to feel ill, when I fly, I feel just ickky when I get off the plane, and I'm not well for a few days after each trip. This is a both coming-and-going issue. Is this something related to flying, to airplanes and their air quality, or do I just chalk it up to high-stress ahead of a trip? Does anyone else have general health issues with a lot of flights each year? How about those of you who travel in groups of time, then take that much grouping of time and don't see an airplane? The majority of my travel is international, but for the most part, I've been able to be comfortable (I think!) in my clothes and seating arrangements. Thanks for any insights you have! If you start to feel ill BEFORE a flight, it cannot possibly be the actual air travel that ails you. I suspect you are experiencing some axiety about air travel. Perhaps you should speak with a therapist about your concerns if they really bother you. |
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Frequent Flying and Illness
On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:00:45 -0400, Shawn Hearn
wrote: If you start to feel ill BEFORE a flight, it cannot possibly be the actual air travel that ails you. I suspect you are experiencing some axiety about air travel. Perhaps you should speak with a therapist about your concerns if they really bother you. Based on the answers here, it looks like I'm just over-stressing on the reasons *for* the trips. I'm a little uncomfortable with take-offs and landings, but it's never been anything serious. So, because these trips are high-stress for the time period between the flights, I'm gonna chalk this one up to not wanting the trip, instead of having flying problems. I'm still interested in hearing about it if any other frequent fliers do get ill from the trips themselves. It was a shot in the dark, still is, but just in case -- and thanks for the reassurances, I guess it's just my traveling reasons, not the traveling itself. |
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