Get Up And Do Something: Health Effects of a Long Flight

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Health Effects of a Long Flight Dec 27th 2012, 11:01 The plane's filtered, ultra-low-humidity air can dry out your airways, stripping your nostrils of their protective mucous layer. Without that barrier, germs may have an easier time infecting your body's cells. Your best defenses are keeping your fingers out of your eyes and nose, and washing your hands often. Have to use the lavatory? So would someone suffering from norovirus, a powerful and super-contagious cause of diarrhea and vomiting. It can live on bathroom faucets and door handles -- and even tray tables. Swabbing yours down with an alcohol-based wipe can help; so can using hand sanitizer after touching anything communal.

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