Definition

• Staying healthy while traveling requires familiarity with various health risks that may be encountered at given destinations.
• Travel medicine includes:
  • Proper immunizations
  • Prevention of high-altitude sickness
  • Prevention of excessive sun exposure
  • Prevention of trauma
  • Dietary guidelines
  • Lowering risk of illnesses (infectious and noninfectious) associated with air travel
  • Having contact information should a health crisis arise
• Health maintenance recommendations are based on:
  
  • Destination
  • Risk assessment, determined by health status
  • Specific itinerary
  • Lifestyle during travel
• Detailed information about country-specific risks and recommendations may be obtained from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publication Health Information for International Travel (www.cdc.gov/travel).

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