According to Dr. Yvette McQueen, an emergency medicine physician and travel doctor, you can’t blame the altitude for getting drunk on a plane. “No, you do not get drunk faster on an airplane,” says Dr. McQueen. “Your alcohol level is processed the same as if you were on the ground. The pressurized compartment on the airplane allows for adequate oxygenation and does not simulate high altitude situations like in the mountains.”

So why do you sometimes feel a little tipsy after one glass of in-flight wine, when one drink normally wouldn’t impact you at all? Other factors of travel are probably amplifying your intoxication level. “The variant that can affect your alcohol content, drunkenness, and behavior during travel is dehydration,” warns Dr. McQueen. “Between the change of your daily routine and low humidity inside the airplane, dehydration is a common factor with travelers.”

https://www.airfarewatchdog.com/blog/50193514/does-alcohol-affect-you-more-on-planes/

Dr. McQueen says that getting adequate rest is not only one of the best ways to get rid of a cold, but it also might keep it from occurring in the first place. In one study, researchers found that those who slept less than seven hours over a two week period were nearly three times more likely to develop a cold than those who slept eight hours or more.

https://money.yahoo.com/rid-cold-fast-180000036.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFA7xDsNMoRVeFlwMv_WIcUXcOJ-vDOlX1RLBart67vR-CkWbVTu5g1xHcshU57J8jt59CdfPqbSOm09-xlt4qSoqm7xhm1LZsu5P84m49ZCJ4OpV_Dbxy0KPYz1M0zNRA74cvYY3JRJ87GyqMLBRbQMfJ9nOqPls6MMGB4OTdij

As a traveling doctor, I have a list of items I pack routinely for my international travel. One of those items is disposable flip-flops or shower shoes. No, it’s not medical but it will protect you medically and reduce pain.

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Yvette McQueen MD, an emergency physician specializing in travel wellness, recommends at least $100,000 in medical evacuation coverage. She explains: “Most medical evacuation flights start at $50,000, and it also needs to cover personnel and supplies.” 

In addition, your heart rate slows. “This is harmful to athletes because they already have a slower heart rate than normal,” says Dr. Yvette McQueen. “If your heart is not beating fast enough, it’s not pushing blood to the organs; particularly the brain.” This can cause confusion or disorientation.

TREATMENT

For mild hypothermia:  Remove the person from the cold environment. “The warming area should be over 70ºF,” says McQueen.

“Remove any wet clothing.  Warm the body with blankets and warm packs/warm water bottles placed on the armpits, neck, feet and hands”, says McQueen.

“Go to the hospital. Medical professionals have procedures to warm the core temperature and protect the heart from stopping,” says McQueen.

“Influenza is a virus that is transmitted by contact and air droplets” Florida-based Dr. Yvette McQueen tells Romper in an email interview. “It is transmitted more easily during the winter months because people are in close contact more due to being confined indoors.” What’s worse, McQueen says, is that the virus can live on objects for eight to 12 hours. “If you touch a doorknob, handle, or rail that someone with the flu has touched — particularly after they have sneezed or coughed — and then you touch the object, you pick up the virus and then touch your face, nose, eyes or mouth. The virus is then passed along to you.” 

Source: https://www.romper.com/p/is-it-too-late-to-get-a-flu-shot-experts-say-youll-want-to-hurry-7942028

 
“Hydrating with water before the flight prepares your body for the event,” according to Dr. Yvette McQueen, an emergency physician and travel doctor. “

Source: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-we-are-sick-during-holidays#1: 

“Kidney stones can make themselves known in multiple ways, but their presentation is often easy to spot, emergency medicine physician Yvette McQueen, M.D., who regularly treats patients with kidney stones in the ER,…” 

“The size of your stones determines how they are treated, says Dr. McQueen. Smaller stones can usually pass on their own, helped by plenty of fluids and possibly medication to relieve the pain, antibiotics to treat any infection, or drugs to help relax your ureter…” 

Source: https://www.self.com/story/kidney-stone-signs