Why is it that you wait all year for a highly anticipated vacation and then get sick just days into your trip? Studies show that compared to 20 years ago, airplanes are bringing in less fresh air from the outside, meaning more potentially contaminated air is recycled for passengers to breathe. Cramped conditions, close contact with strangers and a weakened immune system from travel stress can add up to a recipe for illness.
According to medical experts, the best thing you can do to decrease your chances of getting sick on an airplane is to wash your hands. While alcohol wipes work, there is really nothing as effective as old-fashioned soap and water. Some have
suggested wearing surgical-style masks, but these, in addition to being cumbersome, don't stop viruses from spreading through the air.
If you can breathe easily and are not running a fever over 101.5, it is not necessary to cancel a trip.
If your illness is an annoying, "common cold," taking Cold- EEZE®, with its patented zinc gluconate glycine formula can help to shorten the duration of the cold by nearly half. Doctors note that it makes no difference what time of year you are traveling or to which climate. While there is usually a cold epidemic in North America during the winter, the tropics have the rhinovirus year-round.
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