The 26 hours journey~ made me sick

India
March 11, 2013 1:44am CST
All my friends know I traveled for 26 hours to reach home at 11pm of March 6th; since than I am sick, there is coughing; fever and my voice has become hoarse like a frog; I have taken honey with ginger; it works slowly. I avoid antibiotics totally. Earlier I used to travel for days together without any health issues but now those days are gone. [b]Does travel make you sick too? How frequently you travel? Did you ever have hoarse voice, any cure for it? Are you in favor of herbal cures or anti-biotics. Please respond and share your experience.[/b] Thanks in advance. Professor Dr. B.Saraf. PhD. Cheers have a lucky day ahead. March 11th 2013.
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@leeandrew (1225)
• Philippines
11 Mar 13
I love traveling too, it is one thing I love doing. I'm imagine that when hubby and I grows old we'll be traveling more. I just hope too that God will provide for us. I have problems like that too after traveling and I blamed it all to the heat and less liquid in take. I must suggest that you take a good rest and eat more veggies and drink more juices and eat more fruits so that your immune system will recover quickly.
• India
11 Mar 13
Thanks for response and advise leeandrew.
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@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
12 Mar 13
i enjoy traveling. it does not matter on how many days should i travel. i experienced traveling way back ago riding a bus. it took two night and three days before reaching manila and going home from manila to mindanao. what i love doing this is that i can see different places and lovely scenic views unlike riding a plane or a ship. for me it is really enjoyable. and that if i will go to manila this summer, i will really prefer a landtrip and riding a bus for it. yahoo! amhpt, i had a hoarse voice when during my practice teaching. i had mild sore throat during that time. yes, i am in favor of using herbal medicine rather using synthetic one. ginger is good for that and also citrus fruits. you can eat ginger like candy. you should try this one. apply liniments into your body to ease the muscle pains caused by your traveling. maybe you are sweating all badly and that sweat of yours drained or dried into your body. that is a very bad for your health. you should avoid your sweat in your shirt to dry into you body. be safe please
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@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
12 Mar 13
philtranco bus - i used to ride this bus when i travel landline :) enjoy it much
i attached herewith the bus i enjoyed riding when i am taking a land trip
• India
12 Mar 13
Thanks for response in such details and the advise, during my stay in your country i too prefer to travel by bus, because there is this charm of seeing things around, get down at places, seep tea with people there Today i am feeling better.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
12 Mar 13
ahh... and thanks for choosing my reply comment as the best answer from the rest. i am happy to receive such reward i may call it. and one thing i am happy about is that you like our country. yes, there are beautiful places in here. for sure, you are familiar with the bus i am riding because it is making its way to any point in the country. nice to hear that you are feel much better now. you need to rest a little bit to get a full recovery. take care and thanks again :)
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
11 Mar 13
i also avoid antibiotics... i get more sick when i take them... like you I look for alternative treatment and yes, ginger with honey has worked for me in the past too. andrographis also works very well
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• India
11 Mar 13
The kids are given antibiotics right from the moment they are born, so they have to take whole life on slight illness.
• India
11 Mar 13
The kids are given antibiotics right from the moment they are born, so they have to take whole life on slight illness.
@dollar3235 (2062)
• India
11 Mar 13
Uncle Ji, Try ginger, it'll help you to get rid of cough. Take care..get well soon.. 1. Yes it does. 2. I don't prefer travelling, I rarely travel long distance. 3. Yes, sometimes if I eat more ice cream, I take chyawanpras and ginger. 4. Herbal Cures.
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• India
12 Mar 13
Amit beta I am feeling better today, i have a ginger piece always in mouth.
• India
12 Mar 13
Very good Uncle Ji..you are most wanted here on myLot.
• India
11 Mar 13
Once in a year we have a long train journey of 3 days but it never made me sick. Since you are having health issues take medicines sir and please Drink only hot water.
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• India
11 Mar 13
Guess you are young, from where to where you travel, you travel by train, bus or prefer flight.
• India
11 Mar 13
we travel from bengal to kerala by train its difficult to get flight tickets most of the time so we prefer train
@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
14 Mar 13
Hello Prof...long journey often make us sick, especially when our health is not good at the departure. Maybe you are not healthy before go to the travel but you don't realize about that. if you want to have long journey try to consume drinking that contain vitamin C, it is help you to keep your health during the journey. I hope this is help you Prof...thank
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• India
14 Mar 13
Certainly not healthy as before
@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
12 Mar 13
I like to cut a fresh pineapple when I have throat problems and hoarseness. We also use an herb as a side dish or condiment that is helpful, it is called horseradish and it is hot and pungent, and for people who do not like its taste it is also good just to breathe it in.
• India
12 Mar 13
Thanks for response; yes I am aware of this dish, too strong to shallow. I am happy to see your real picture as avatar.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 13
My three year old daughter suffers travel sickness in a car and then she vomits. This has made her car seat very dirty and it has given us some miserable days out. Last summer we drove to a steam train station for the Thomas the Tank Engine Day Out. She vomited in the car park as me arrived. It was not an area with anywhere I could buy new cheap clothes for her. Another time on the way from our home to Glastonbury she vomited when I went right at a round about. We drove all the way from North Somerset to Cornwall. She was vomiting a number of times on our journey. It was lovely to visit the Eden Project on our way down there. I was air sick once and had severe ear pain on the flight London to Tunisia with one stop in its capital city. It was a rough flight due to air turbulence. I prefer a non-stop flight that is direct. I like a smooth plane ride and plane rides can vary. I was sick on a ferry traveling from North Wales to the Republic of Ireland due to very high waves that were tossing in a dangerous way. All further sailings were canceled that day. I needed to stay overnight in Dublin. It was ever so interesting to see that capital city. Have a lovely day Professor 2010.
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• India
13 Mar 13
Dear max, I know you travel lot, thanks for details, my grand daughter has this vomiting habit only if they travel by bus, so we give her Avomine tablet, before she rides a bus and also keeps some in her bag.
@mimiang (3760)
• Philippines
13 Mar 13
Traveling in an unairconditioned vehicle makes me car sick. I also get nauseated if I ride a boat.I take a medication in preparation for that prior to trips.For hoarseness, just have voice rest.
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• India
13 Mar 13
Thanks dear.
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
12 Mar 13
hello dada, I have been travelling a lot for the last month and I admit that it's really tiring. I had fun, so much fun but get tired too. Take care of your health and hugs to you and maa
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• India
12 Mar 13
Thanks for response Jane beti Yes i am aware of it.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
13 Mar 13
Unfortunately, our family doesn't have the opportunity to travel nearly as often as I would like to. The reason that this is the case is because of our family's financial situation. With that said, I've never been one of the people that tends to get sick when I travel. My cousin, on the other hand, would always develop a sinus infection when she would go back home after going to Ohio from Virginia to spend time with the family.
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• India
13 Mar 13
Travel effects people in many different ways, thanks for response.
@squallming (1775)
• Malaysia
12 Mar 13
Hello professor. I cannot say that I have a weak body. But it seems to me that I get sick easily when I travel. I'm not really traveling far as the place I traveled to is only two hours max by flight. My body seems to need more time to adapt to different environment. When I do get sick, I would have hoarse voice. What I did was drinking a lot of water and try to do some exercises such as jogging. It seems to get better in just two or three days.
• India
12 Mar 13
Thanks for response and sharing your views.
@Raine38 (12250)
• United States
11 Mar 13
2 months ago, I traveled from the Philippines to live and move here in my husband's home in the US. It took me a total of 21 hours travel time, with a 10-hour layover somewhere in Malaysia. And let me tell you that it took me 3 days to recuperate from the jetlag and the colds that I caught during my travel. I would be happy if I wouldn't have to travel by plane for a while. It is just exhausting and dehydrating. I think if I didn't take some airborne I would have caught something worse than colds. I hope you feel better soon.
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• India
12 Mar 13
Thanks for the details, recuperating from Jetleg is almost similar to recovering from a hangover after a heavy drink I am feeling better today.
• Portugal
11 Mar 13
I only got sick from travelling once in my life, when I was really really young! I did have a hoarse voice, but tea and honey helped me quite a lot. Anything with honey is great, and avoid cold beverages at all costs! In am in favor both of herbal cures and anti-biotics, but use the latter carefully and with moderation, of couse.
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• India
12 Mar 13
Welcome to mylot and my discussions catch Thanks for response in details
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
11 Mar 13
It is due to change of water , air and the travel tiredness.Professor! Keep drinking only hot water and gargle with saline water four times a day.If there is fever for more than a day, take antibiotics and do not allow infection to grow.We are not getting younger. I feel very tired after travel and if it is continuous travel then it is worse.I need breaks periodically while travelling.In the winter months my tiredness is less compared to summer months.I never travel during summer as far as possible.
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• India
11 Mar 13
I know kala I am doing warm water gargling if it wont help will go for antibiotics as last resort; yes we are getting old gracefully i should say.. Earlier too i traveled in AC class but this time i felt exhausted totally, Kalyani too.
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
11 Mar 13
Hello Sir, Usually train journey do not make me tired and I do enjoy it a lot. But long traveling in bus definitely makes me tired and sick. I think the change of climate may affect you badly not the travel. I know you travelled in train and the cool in a/c coach may also have role. I guess it is hot climate in your place, sitting long time in a/c coach then travel in hot climate might have made you sick. Herbal medicine is good for cough and related problems but it take time to cure. Gargling with lukewarm salt water give you quick relief. Get well soon.
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• India
11 Mar 13
Sree beti Since it was 2 Tier AC we lied on bed most of the time, if i sit for long hours the feet swell.Have you ever traveled from Delhi to Kerla by bus?
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
11 Mar 13
I don't get sick after travelling. I never did. And it is really very seldom that I get sick. I have to take care of myself or the kids would be really having a hard time to do things on their own especially in fixing breakfast every school day. We all grew up taking antibiotics when needed. But recently, I am trying to get my hands on herbal medicine. We have oregano in the other house and my husband would boil the leaves would make the kids take it. I think ginger ale would be a great help as well. And also, gargle with warm water with about half a teaspoon of salt. That would somehow help.
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• India
11 Mar 13
Glad to know, travel does not make you sick; thanks for the advise.
• Philippines
11 Mar 13
It is but natural as we go older our health deteriorated my only defense is for me to drink more warm water and take vitamins daily for my maintenance. Usually I don't drink too much water on travel. Twenty six days is too long I am sure it was by plane.
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• India
11 Mar 13
lol not 26 days but 26 hours in train compartment, that too air conditioned coach; normally i didn't feel tired.