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Medgeeks with Andrew Reid

The Pre Travel Visit

Medgeeks with Andrew Reid

Medgeeks

Education, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.8997 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Not all those who wander are lost but they can get sick while traveling.  In this week's podcast we will go into how to prepare your patients for international travel. 

Join Dr. Niket Sonpal as he reviews important vaccinations, general travel guidelines, food and water safety precautions and how to avoid/treat traveler's diarrhea. Patients will want to make up for time lost during the pandemic and with the return of leisure and luxury travel, this is the podcast you are looking for!

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0:00.0

Not all those who wander are lost. This is a famous quote by Gandoff in his letter to Frodo in book 1, chapter 10, and offered a means for the Hobbit to determine whether Strider is indeed Aragorn. It's a very famous quote and we all know it, but due to social media, this

0:15.3

gilded quote became the most basic of all Instagram captions. I am very certain we've used it,

0:21.3

considered it, and may even pretend we didn't. Am I right? And why not, right?

0:26.0

Everyone loves to travel. Well, almost everyone does. If you have a crippling fear of flying, then perhaps not so much.

0:33.4

But before the pandemic, travel was at an all-time high.

0:36.8

And we can actually blame this new onset of love for wanderlust to social media.

0:42.2

According to statistics, 36.5% of people who use social media for travel and inspiration and ideas do it daily.

0:50.0

And 60% share photos on social media actually while traveling, not after.

0:55.0

Each week more than a million travel-related hashtags are searched,

0:59.0

so whether we're planning to travel, or vacationing,

1:02.0

travel and social media are connected like peanut butter

1:04.9

and chocolate. Speaking of peanut butter and chocolate, did you know that the number one selling

1:09.1

candy brand in the United States is Reese's peanut butter cups. These were invented by H.B. Reese

1:14.8

Candy Company in 1923 and started out in his basement in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

1:20.6

They're originally called Penny Cups and why is that?

1:24.0

Because they only cost the penny.

1:25.8

Now here's a little tidbit of a travel fact for it that's also going to affect the health of your

1:29.2

patients. Have you ever wondered why airlines serve so many sugary drinks and juices or why tomato juice is so popular?

1:36.3

Why airline food tastes so bad and even more than that, why are you so gassy and bloated after a flight?

1:42.0

Why do your ankles get swollen?

1:43.9

Well, you can literally blame the airlines for it,

1:46.0

the air and the planes, and the food they serve.

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