Travel

Travel Health

Travellers' diarrhoea, malaria prevention, altitude sickness and pre-travel advice.

Going abroad? Learn how to prevent travellers' diarrhoea, when antibiotics help, and how to get a 'just-in-case' prescription from a UK online GP.

Travelling to a malaria area? Learn about malarone, doxycycline and mefloquine — and how to get the right antimalarials from a UK online doctor.

Trekking to high altitude? Learn how to prevent acute mountain sickness with acclimatisation and acetazolamide (Diamox) — available via UK online GP.

Crossing time zones? Learn evidence-based jet lag strategies and how to get melatonin from a UK online doctor for faster recovery.

Suffer car, sea or air sickness? Learn the best UK options — cinnarizine, promethazine, hyoscine patches — and how to get them via an online doctor.

Worried about DVT on long-haul flights? Learn risk factors, evidence-based prevention with stockings and movement, and when to see a UK online GP.

Planning a trip? Learn which vaccines are recommended for your destination and how a UK online doctor can advise and refer to a travel clinic.

Sunburn ages skin and raises cancer risk. Learn proper SPF use, treatment of sunburn and how a UK online doctor can help with severe reactions.

What to pack in your travel medical kit — from antibiotics to ORS. Plus how a UK online GP can prescribe everything you need before you fly.

Hot destinations bring heat illness risk. Learn early signs of heat exhaustion, when it becomes heatstroke, and how to prevent both.

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