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Children/Air Travel/Ear infections/Prevention/Treatment

April 12, 2014 by kidstra

Should children fly with ear infections and colds? 1. No studies exist to help you make the decision. While saying “no” is prudent, doing so ruins long planned family trips, often unnecessarily. Worse, sometimes it strands families on vacation. The scenario: An infant is cranky and has a fever or an older child complains of […]

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Infants and Young Children/Air Travel/Ear Problems

September 2, 2010 by kidstra
Ear Problems Kids

Ask pediatricians whether infants and young children can travel by air with ear infections and the likely answer is, no, they cannot. Ask pediatricians if they have ever seen a child with serious ear issues resulting from air travel and the likely answer is, no, they have not.  There is virtually nothing in the medical […]

Filed Under: Air Travel, Outdoor Recreation, Prevention, Safe & Healthy Travel Tagged With: Air Travel, Ear infections, ear problems, ear problems air travel, flight, Infants, pediatric travel advice, safe to travel, travel safety, young children

Newborns/Air Travel/Health and Safety

August 5, 2010 by kidstra

There is nothing novel about infants traveling by air. They have been doing so since time immemorial, long before adults. Legend has it that they were “delivered” by storks, and were never the worse for their trips. Of course, stork flights skimmed rooftops, eliminating concerns of high altitude and accompanying ear issues, dehydration, and excessive […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Safe & Healthy Travel, Travel Tagged With: Air Travel, Altitude, cabin air, child restraint systems, Ear infections, feeding infants, inflight, nasal allergies, newborn, safe travel, sedation, upper respiratory infections, window seat

Healthy Air Travel for Infants

April 24, 2008 by DrNeumann

There is nothing novel about infants traveling by air. They have been doing so since time immemorial, long before adults. Legend has it that they were “delivered” by storks, and were never the worse for their trips. Of course, stork flights skimmed rooftops, eliminating concerns of high altitude and accompanying ear issues, dehydration, and excessive […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Airplane, Allergies, Altitude, Dehydration, Diabetes, Ear infections, Immune problems, Infants, Intestinal illnesses, Newborns, Pregnant, Respiratory infections

Preparing a Medical Kit for Travel

April 22, 2008 by DrNeumann

A small, customized medical kit can be a real lifesaver when traveling with children. Never leave home without it. 1. Buy or assemble a first aid kit. This is not the same as a medical kit. A first aid kit includes items to treat the inevitable minor illnesses and scrapes children get at home or […]

Filed Under: Safe & Healthy Travel Tagged With: Airplane, Altitude, Diarrhea, Ear infections, Epinephrine kits, First aid, Medications

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