Sinus Congestion & Travel


Dave mentioned that he arrived in Rome “clogged up“. During a recent trip to Southeast Asia, I found the following items essential to long distance, dry air travel (I’ve had allergies over the years):

  • Sinucleanse twice daily. Works better, for me, than any of the allergy meds.
  • A bottle of nasal saline solution. I used this at least hourly on the long flights and found that it made a big difference.
  • I drank a great deal of water (and made sure that I purchased a large bottle at the airport prior to departure). Airlines can sometimes (often?) skimp on water.
  • I also carried some aspirin.
  • I did not pack all that well for the long dry air, but fortunately found some Hall’s drops in Tokyo

Quantas airlines has a useful page on long distance flight health tips.