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Travel Medicine (Expert Forum)
4 YR BOY HAVING TRAVELING SICKNESS
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Philip Parks, MD - Occupational Safety, Occupational Health, Travel Medicine, Environmental Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston - MA
Questions in the Travel Medicine forum are answered by Dr. Philip D Parks, affiliated with Harvard School of Public Health. Topics covered include disease prevention, finding a doctor abroad, food and water safety, illness and injury abroad, mosquito and tick protection, resources for travelers, traveling with children or pets, traveling with special needs, vaccinations and immunizations.
4 YR BOY HAVING TRAVELING SICKNESS
by stan24, Apr 29, 2008 03:21AM
hello dr,
thanks for ur advice.i will keep all ur points in mind.
with refrence to our prior communication i want to tell u, that my family physician adviced me to give him 5 ml of metoclopramide hydrochloride syrup
half n hour before going any where.is it safe to use this drug frequently?
is this true that this travelling sickness will go itself when my son will grow up?
waiting for ur advice......plz help
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Hello.
The problem that you describe is a challenging one.
Strategies that may help you are:
1. Try to arrange for small frequent meals on the day of traveling.
2. Consider discussing with your pediatrician options for medications to decrease the symptoms of nausea.
3. When traveling by car, you may consider stopping every hour or so to walk around for 3-5 minutes.
4. Have you tried allowing him to watch a DVD while he is traveling?
http://www.travelforkids.com/
http://www.kidscantravel.com/
I hope that this is helpful for you.
~•~ Dr. Parks
This answer is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice. The information presented in this posting is for patients’ education only. As always, I encourage you to see your personal physician for further evaluation of your individual case.
thanks for ur advice.i will keep all ur points in mind.
with refrence to our prior communication i want to tell u, that my family physician adviced me to give him 5 ml of metoclopramide hydrochloride syrup
half n hour before going any where.is it safe to use this drug frequently?
is this true that this travelling sickness will go itself when my son will grow up?
waiting for ur advice......plz help
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stan24
Female
mumbai - India
Member since Apr 2008
Mood: stan24 is ...feeling gud
Hello.
The problem that you describe is a challenging one.
Strategies that may help you are:
1. Try to arrange for small frequent meals on the day of traveling.
2. Consider discussing with your pediatrician options for medications to decrease the symptoms of nausea.
3. When traveling by car, you may consider stopping every hour or so to walk around for 3-5 minutes.
4. Have you tried allowing him to watch a DVD while he is traveling?
http://www.travelforkids.com/
http://www.kidscantravel.com/
I hope that this is helpful for you.
~•~ Dr. Parks
This answer is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice. The information presented in this posting is for patients’ education only. As always, I encourage you to see your personal physician for further evaluation of your individual case.
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