Entries Categorized as 'Prevention'
January 4, 2012
This is Part 2 of a two part series. To read Part 1, please click here.
You need not be under suspicion of possessing narcotics to be hassled by security and customs inspectors at airports. Families have been hassled for merely carrying everyday, over-the-counter medications, have had the medications confiscated, missed their flights and, very rarely, [...]
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December 11, 2011
Are you familiar with the harmful effects that may result from medications you give your children? That when you give more than one medication, the two may interact and cause adverse reactions not caused by one alone? That travel-related factors can cause additional interactions?
(This is Part 1, one of a two-part series. Watch for our [...]
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October 3, 2011
Thank you for making our website, KidsTravelDoc and our newsletter, TenTips the sources for keeping kids healthy and safe for travel and outdoor recreational activities. TenTips has almost 7,000 subscribers in about 55 countries. Our articles frequently make the top five references on Google.
In fact, we have many more readers than subscribers. Many of you [...]
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August 24, 2011
Warning: hotel bathrooms are hazardous for your children – even more hazardous than the bathrooms in your home.
1. Upscale hotel plumbing is all about sleek appearance. Even adults have difficulty deciphering the numerous knobs on tubs and showers, for example. One never knows where the water is going to come out, and at what temperature. [...]
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Tags: bathroom accidents, bathroom hazards, bathroom safety children, children safety, Dr. Karl Neumann, hot water, hotel bathrom safety, hotel bathroom, hotel bathroom accidents, hotel bathtubs, slip-proof, toilet drowning, water pressure
August 7, 2011
Common sense, air conditioning and readily available drinking water have greatly reduced the incidence of heat-related illness in infants and children. But don’t let your vigil down. Cases do still occur, generally due to lack of forethought, and sometimes with horrific results.
Here is what you must know:
1. The younger the child, the more susceptible to [...]
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Tags: acclimatization, air conditioning, air temperature, baby carriers, children, Dehydration, drinking water, fluids, healthy, heat index, heat-related illness, HI, hot weather, Infants, national weather service, obesity, perspiration, Prevention, relative humidity
July 4, 2011
Polio in Russia. Measles in France. E. coli in Germany. Diseases that are particularly harmful to children. Diseases that you thought you would no longer hear much about are popping up in countries where you least expect to find them.
Health-wise, is foreign travel become more hazardous?
1. On the contrary. Foreign travel is less likely [...]
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Tags: africa, australia, canada, cardiology, CDC, centers for disease control, chicken pox, Cruise ships, diphtheria, disease outbreaks, e. coli, e.coli germany, eurotravnet, foreign travel, geosentinel, hemophilus meningitis, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, immunizations, international society of travel medicine, istm, Malaria, measles, measles france, menigococcal meningitis, mumps, new zealand, obstetrics, paralysis, pediatrics, pertussis, polio, rubella, russia polio, soviet union, tetanus, varicella, who, whooping cough, World Health Organization
May 19, 2011
Just when you thought that you knew all you had to know about children’s car safety seats, the experts come up with a slew of new recommendations, forcing you to rethink what you were sure that you already knew.
1. The new recommendations: Children should ride in rear-facing safety seats until they are two years of [...]
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Tags: AAP, car accidents, car seats, children, front-facing car seats, infant car safety seats, kids car seats, kids travel doctor, nhtsa, parents, pediatrics, rear-facing safety seats, safe car seats
March 27, 2011
The Modern Medical Kit for Family Travel
A small, customized medical kit can be a real lifesaver when traveling with children. Never leave home without one.
1. Technology is the new first aid. Cell phones enable you to consult with all your child’s health care providers – pediatricians, orthodontists and allergists, for example. (Surprise! they may [...]
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Tags: Allergies, allergists, antibiotics, children, diagnosis, Dr. Karl Neumann, emergency numbers, health insurance, immunization records, Kids Travel Doc, medical issues, Medical kit, Medications, orthodontists, pediatricians, personalized first aid kit, reimbursement, smartphone, travel doctor, World Health Organization
March 4, 2011
Caution: travel is hazardous for children who are not fully immunized. And it doesn’t matter who is doing the traveling – your child or perfect strangers.
• Example: Last month, a woman with a communicable case of measles traveled by air from London to New Mexico, stopping at airports in Baltimore, Denver, and Albuquerque. Similar [...]
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Tags: Air Travel, aircraft, chickenpox, contagious viral disease, immunized, Malaria, measles, measles autism wakefield, new vaccines, pertussis, polio, quarantine, rubella, Travel, travel-related diseases, traveling overseas, vaccinating children, vaccine-preventable diseases, Venice, whooping cough
January 3, 2011
Remind children about “freeze” before taking trips, visiting amusements parks, and outings in rural areas.
Remind them of what? Yes. Freeze. This is a game in which children run about until a designated caller yells, “Freeze!” The children stop in their tracks (freeze) and remain in that place until the caller gives the all-clear signal and [...]
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