Posts Tagged ‘Loss Of Appetite’

Food poisoning

Food poisoning is defined as a sickness caused by the utilization of food or water contaminated with toxins or chemicals. Usual symptoms of food poisoning are nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, and diarrhea that happen rapidly after taking an impure and dirty food or drink.
The main cause of traveler’s diarrhea is Escherichia coli bacteria. E. coli enteritis is swelling of the small intestine. It is also called food poisoning or E. coli diarrhea. The main causes of food poisoning are eating unsanitary food, or drinking untreated or impure water. Sometimes it is due to traveling to the places that may not have clean drinking water.

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Altitude Sickness

Altitude sickness is a disease that can affect peak climbers, trekkers, skiers, or travelers at high altitude normally above 8,000 feet.
Travelers face mild altitude sickness at an altitude of 6,000 feet and moderate altitude sickness more than 8,000 feet .The risk becomes greater between 10,000 and 14,000 feet where travelers experiences harsh indication of the sickness. There is extremely damaging to traveler’s physical and mental health if they stay at altitudes over 18,000 feet for few weeks.
Symptoms of mild and moderate altitude sickness typically consists of headache, shortness of breathe, sleeping trouble, loss of appetite, nausea and rapid pulse.

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Dealing with Air Sickness

The main problems that occur while traveling by plane are the air sickness and jetlag. But what are they and how they can be prevented and dealt with, really takes a lot in having knowledge about them. So let us know first what air sickness is.

Air Sickness

Most people think that air sickness is mental disorder but it is not so. It is the feeling of nausea which is caused by motion when the plane lands or takes off. This is due to the steep attitude of the airplane, the sudden increase or decrease in speed and height.

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