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Travel Tips
 Be prepared when you travel. Use the following check list when you pack to help ensure a safe and healthy journey:
- Carry a small medical kit with bandages, gauze, tape, scissors, tweezers to remove stingers or foreign bodies and a topical antibiotic ointment to prevent infection or minor wounds and abrasions.
- Pack an extra pair of eyeglasses or contact lenses along with any needed cleaning and disenfectant solutions.
- If you are currently taking any medications, be sure to bring enough with you to last your entire stay. Medications that are common in the United States may not be readily available abroad.
- Traveler's diarrhea is common and if you have not been prescribed an anitbiotic by your physician, take along Pepto-Bismol or Imodium AD to slow down bowel movements.
- In case safe drinking water is not available, bring along tablets for water purification or a filtering device. These can usually be found in sporting goods stores.
Note: The information on this Web site is provided as general health guidelines and may not be applicable to your particular health condition. Your individual health status and any required medical treatments can only be properly addressed by a professional healthcare provider of your choice. Remember: There is no adequate substitution for a personal consultation with your physician. Neither Southwest Healthcare System, or any of their affiliates, nor any contributors shall have any liability for the content or any errors or omissions in the information provided by this Web site.
The information, content and artwork provided by this Web site is intended for non-commercial use by the reader. The reader is permitted to make one copy of the information displayed for his/her own non-commercial use. The making of additional copies is prohibited.
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