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Though modern commercial aircraft
offers rapid,
convenient and safe transportation, some side effects
due to the cabin design, such as low air pressure
at high altitude (low oxygen and atmospheric pressure
inside the cabin), passenger cabin environment (air
quality and low relative humidity), jetlag, motion and
narrow space, may still cause some effects on those
passengers who are ill. It should be a subject to pay
attention to.
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Common Signs Symptoms and the Prevention |
- While descending, if you feel uncomfortable in
ears or sinuses, try to swallow, chew or widely
open your mouth to promote better airflow. If your
baby have such problems, try to give them drinks
or a pacifier to promote better airflow and relieve
discomfort.
- Avoid taking a plane within 24 hours after diving.
- Make reservation for seats near the wings if
you have an airsick problem.
- Avoid heavy food, alcohol and caffeine drinks
while onboard. Because these substances may cause
you to lose fluid. Drink water and juice frequently.
- People often feel dizzy when standing up suddenly
from waking. It is a cause of low oxygen, alcohol,
low activity, and sleepiness. We suggest you to
do some exercise in your seat before standing up
from waking.
- Though the cabin air quality is far better than
that of home and office, a cabin is still a public
area where contamination is possible. We suggest
patients suffered from contagious diseases not to
take any plane.
- Avoid wearing contact lens while onboard.
- Use skin moisturizer.
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| Avoid Excessive Drinking |
| It is easier to be drunk in air than on ground due to high cabin pressure after take off. Please drink responsibly, and avoid excessive drinking which will lead to intoxication or body discomfort. |
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Advice for Patients and Pregnant Women |
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| Asthma
& Chest Diseases |
Make sure to bring your inhaler with you
and avoid causes of occurrence while onboard.
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| Heart Disease |
Heart attack occurs twice as often in the
air than on the ground. Not to take air
travel, if you have recently suffered from
a heart attack. |
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| Diabetes |
Take medication according to the time of
the departure place. Order special meals
while making reservation. Bring your medication
in your hand-carry luggage. Always bring
with you a written medical record of your
health conditions. |
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| Deep Vein Thrombosis
(DVT) |
Prolonged leg immobility will cause difficulty
in blood circulation in the lower part of
body, and subsequently forms blood clot
in the deep veins within legs. Warning signs
are pain & tenderness in the leg muscles,
redness & swelling of the skin. If the
blood clot moves to the lung, breathing
difficulties can occur. It has little influence
to healthy passengers, though it is dangerous
to high risk passenger who suffered from
heart disease, phlebitis, and abnormal anti-blood
condensation functions, and passengers who
have recently received venous surgery on
legs.
* To avoid the occurrence of such signs
and symptoms, we suggest you to:
> drink water and juice frequently, avoid
smoking, alcohol
and caffeine drinks; wear loose clothes;
> do some aerobic exercise in seat, especially
exercise for legs; and ask for advice from
your physician before taking a plane. |
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| Peanut Allergies |
China Airlines has always done its best to provide passengers with safe and healthy in-flight service, including meals. Passengers and crew often have specific requirements for their in-flight meals due to religion, health, age or other special reasons. Therefore, we have designed 25 special meals based on official documents from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
China Airlines is aware that some passengers may have allergic reactions to peanuts that can be life threatening. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee a peanut-free environment to our passengers. China Airlines serves meals in which peanut products may be an ingredient, and cannot guarantee against accidental cross-contamination during in-flight meal production. This is because peanut-based ingredients, peanut oil, and other products containing trace peanut elements, are extensively used throughout Asia. In addition, other passengers often bring their own peanut products onboard or to the VIP lounges, so residual peanut products may be left in common areas.
Due to the above-mentioned limitations, it is with regret that China Airlines cannot guarantee that it will provide completely peanut-free meals or a peanut-free environment. We strongly recommend passengers to consider the possibility of exposure during a flight and to consult their physicians to see whether they are fit to fly in the conditions explained above. It is also essential for passengers with peanut allergies to contact CAL’s local reservation office and submit a completed medical form from a physician at least 72 hours before departure, for CAL’s reference. Further, due to heightened aviation security regulations, if passengers are required to carry necessary medical treatment materials onboard, a certificate from a physician must be available upon check-in.
Passengers with peanut allergies should take all necessary precautions to minimize their potential exposure, including bringing their own food, prescription drugs, and other appropriate self-administered anaphylaxis treatments as prescribed by their physicians. The affected passengers are expected to self-administer their prescribed treatments as recommended by their physicians. Their guardians or companions should also be knowledgeable about the treatments. To decrease the risks and ensure flight safety, China Airlines will take all reasonable measures to accommodate passengers with allergic conditions, provided that circumstances allow such measures to take place, and that advance notice is given. |
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| Pregnancy |
| It is not allowed to flight by most airlines
after 32 weeks. Pregnant women are suggested to always
check the immigration regulations of the destination
before departure, to make sure they will not be rejected
by the immigration. |
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Concerns from Flight Surgeons |
| Traveling by air
is safe and enjoyable. If you understand the features
of passenger cabin, and make good medical consultation
and necessary medical precautions before a trip, you
will have a nice flight. Here is some advice for in-flight
healthcare. |
- Make sure you do not have
any immune system problem.
- Wear loose and comfortable
clothes while onboard.
- Consult your doctor about
your health condition, and tell the airline about
your problems while making a reservation.
- Always bring your medication
with you while onboard.
- Avoid seating for a long
time, do some leg exercise in your seat.
- Stay awake while the flight
is descending, and ease any ear/nose discomfort
as soon as possible.
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| Now, please be happy and enjoy our in-flight
service. Bon Voyage! |
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