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India Facts
Travel Tips - Health |
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Here is a list of items you should consider including in your medical kit.
1. Aspirin or Paracetamol:- for pain or fever. 2. Antihistamine:- for allergies, e.g. hay fever, to ease the itch from insect bites or stings, and to prevent motion sickness. 3. Antibiotics:- consider including these if you are travelling well off the beaten track; see your doctor as they must be prescribed, and carry the prescription with you. 4. Loperamide or diphenoxylate:- 'blockers' for diarrhoea; prochlorperazine or metaclopramide for nausea and vomiting. |
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5. Rehydration mixture:- to prevent dehydration, e.g. due to severe diarrhoea, particularly important when travelling with children.
6. Insect repellent, sunscreen, lip balm and eye drops. 7. Calamine lotion, sting relief spray or aloe vera:- to ease irritation from sunburn and insect bites or stings. 8. Anti fungal cream or powder:-for fungal skin infections or thrush. 9. Antiseptic (such as providone - iodine):- for cuts and grazes. 10. Bandages, Band-Aids (plasters) and other wound dressings. 11. water purification tablets or iodine. 12. Scissors, tweezers and a thermometer (note that mercury thermometers are prohibited by airlines) 13. Syringes and needles:- in case you need injections. 14. Cold and flu tablets, throat lozenges and nasal decongestant. 15. Multivitamins:- consider for long trips, when dietary vitamin intake may be inadequate.
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Editor: Romola Butalia (c) India Travelogue. All rights reserved. |
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