Oh the humidity!
I am flying to Australia soon.
When I fly long distances my sinuses dry out, then start to bleed, I get a sore throat, it gets infected and I usually end-up with a lung infection. It’s not pretty. One one occasion it was so bad that a week long trip to China led to another week off work, at home in bed. More recently it’s been a week in New York leading me to snork, snuffle and cough for a month or so after I return. It was part of the inspiration for the Travel Sucks group on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7767043190
The Soprano, who you have read about before here, is a sporano - no surprises with that nickname. She has suggested I try the Humidiflyer. http://www.humidifyier.com. For those that haven’t clicked the link, the humidiflyer looks a bit like a respirator mask and helps you to re-breathe the moisture that you exhale so that your ENT system doesn’t dehydrate. (The mucous in your nose is your first barrier against infection, so then that dries up, you are toast.)
Things have not started well. I ordered my humidiflyer, then emailed the link to Mrs Albion.
She is currently trying to find our booking number so she can move to a seat that is not next to me.
Update:
Due to some sort of ordering mess, I had to re-order the Humidiflyer to be delivered to me in Australia, so I flew there without it. The verdict? I think it worked. I was still tired and had to adjust to the time change, but I found my eating habits weren’t as out-of-whack as they usually are when I returned to the UK, my usual problem of bleeding sinuses only happened for a day, and there was no follow on throat or lung infection. I’ll certainly be using it again on my next long-haul flight. I just wish it didn’t look so surgical!
Posted: February 29th, 2008 under Making it nice.
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