Can you travel with a chronic illness?
Can you travel with a chronic illness? Taking special care when traveling with chronic conditions Chronic conditions should not keep people from enjoying travel. As with other medical conditions, people suffering from chronic diseases should see their healthcare provider as early as possible before traveling.
What diseases are spread on planes?
Air transportation is a major vehicle for the rapid spread and dissemination of communicable diseases, and there have been a number of reported outbreaks of serious airborne diseases aboard commercial flights including tuberculosis, severe acute respiratory syndrome, influenza, smallpox, and measles, to name a few.
What illnesses can you not fly with?
if you suffer from or have had:
- angina or chest pain at rest.
- an infectious disease (e.g. chickenpox, flu), including COVID-19.
- decompression sickness after diving (sometimes called 'the bends')
- increased pressure in the brain (due to bleeding, injury or infection)
- infection of your ears or sinuses.
- recent heart attack.