Aircraft travel a risk in IBD

[nogutsnoglory]

Unfortunately only a semi-viewable article without a subscription.

http://www.gastroenterologyupdate.com.au/latest-news/aircraft-travel-a-risk-in-ibd

 

[kiny]

Unfortunately only a semi-viewable article

 

[rollinstone]

that sux

 

[Crohn's gal since 1989]

Not surprised, I spend most flights stressing about if I will need the washroom, then contemplate horrifyingly about fellow passengers lining up to use washroom while I am in the stall for 20+ minutes!

 

[steve55]

It also makes sense considering that Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy seems to work for Crohn's

 

[nogutsnoglory]

The first thing I thought of us our weakened immune systems and the fact that germs circulate through the ventilation system on the aircraft.

 

[CrohnsChicago]

Great.....just what I wanted to hear......:yfrown:

 

[rinasme]

I fly for my job all the time, I do not eat solids 3-4 hrs prior to the flight, which sucks but I have survived 42 flights this year. Sure get hungry when I land. My wife still does not understand how I pre plan my trips, I even Google the washrooms in the airports before I leave.