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Brinchiectasis and air travel

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wanda30706
wanda30706

Hello all. I have a question in regards to air travel for people with bronchiestasis. Does anyone have breathing difficulties when flying? I don't know if it will be harder to breath when in an airplane.

Also are rescue inhalers allowed on planes?

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    kpacific wanda30706

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    I traveled from California to Europe last spring. I, too, was worried about the trip. I brought my inhalers on board with a backup set in my luggage. I asked my doctor for a script of antibiotics should I get ill abroad. On the plane, I wiped everything down with handi-wipes and brought a mask with me in case I was seated near a sick/coughing passenger. My doctor told me to beware the seat pocket...his wife works for the airlines, and he said that passengers put the most disgusting things in the pocket. I made it through two seventeen hour plane journeys and three weeks in Europe without a problem. Hope that you do too!
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