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Here are some tips for planning vacations, if you or someone you care about has asthma.
Learn about the place you’ll visit
Find out about allergy and asthma triggers you may face while away. Your travel agent may be able to help. Or, check your destination online.
Fill prescriptions
Make sure you bring enough medicine to last your whole trip. Think about taking extra medicine.
Don’t pack all of your medicine in one suitcase
Keep at least one week’s worth of medicine handy in a carry-on bag, in case your luggage gets lost.
Bring a short asthma history
Bring a list of all your medicines, a short medical history, and your insurance cards. Ask your doctor to give you the name of a doctor in the city that you’ll be visiting.
Take prescriptions with you
If you’re traveling in the US, many pharmacists will fill an emergency prescription, even though your doctor is from another state. Some pharmacy chains will have your prescription on file in their computer network.
Make sure you’ve got power
If you use a nebulizer that needs power, have an adapter for a car cigarette lighter or outlets in different countries. If it is battery powered, make sure the battery is charged.
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