How Does Air Travel Affect People with High Blood Pressure?
I was reading an online news article the other day about a certain well known director who was denied a seat on a plane because he was to big (according to the airline’s restrictions) to take up only one seat and they were overbooked. He had to take another flight.
He is very brilliant that he did not escalate the situation. He just took a pic of him in the next flight and posted it online. Even though he is not humiliated by the situation, he should have been embarrassed.
As I’m always fond of connecting health related issues, I started thinking about the issues that may affect a over weight person when he travels in air apart from self esteem. Earlier, i have also posted many articles on air travel and vertigo.
Therefore, I’m thinking of high blood pressure and trying to know the effects it brings on while traveling. But we may leave them as travel related problems.
If you are taking medication for blood pressure and it is in control then there is no proof that the cabin air pressurization will affect you. Then what affects the high blood pressure people? They should be concerned about long waiting lines, delays, security checks and the stress air travel brings.
If you are unable to control your blood pressure with medicine or if you suffer serious side effects that many do, this is where the concern lies. Just like a person with asthma has to be prepared for an “event” when traveling, people at risk for heart attack or stroke have to consider that they won’t be able to receive immediate care while flying.
Apart from being painful, if the clot breaks and travels to lungs, it may create a pulmonary embolism. And everybody knows it’s fatal. Anyone can be affected by deep vein thrombosis while flying. But people with high blood pressure carry a high risk of getting affected.
People who fly long distance carry the problem of swollen ankles and feet. Actually it is not a concern, but people with high blood pressure can escalate it. Th blood starts staying in leg as there is no movement for a long time.
But you can pave way for movement of blood by doing these. You can walk around the cabin every 1 hour, stretching your calf, having plenty of water and minimizing the intake of alcohol.
You should also remember that these days flight delays and cancellations are very common. If you are on medication for blood pressure then you should make sure that it should last for the whole trip.
You should speak to airline heads if you are in need of oxygen. It is also advised that you should also meet your physician and discuss about any problems you might face. You need not afraid of doing all these things as there are only very limited individuals who were not cleared to fly.
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Christian Goodman is a most known health researcher and the writer of many revolutionary natural health alternatives. One of his wonderful breakthroughs is his natural method for treating high blood pressure. You can know more about Christian on his Natural Health Blog.