aer·o·ti·tis me·di·a (âr  -t  t s m d-)n. See barotitis media. |
aerotitis media,
inflammation or bleeding in the middle ear caused by a difference between the air pressure in the middle ear and that of the atmosphere, as occurs in sudden altitude changes, scuba diving, and hyperbaric chambers. Symptoms are pain, tinnitus, diminished hearing, and vertigo. Also called barotitis media.
air travel disease
Travel medicine Any condition related to the unique conditions of air travel Infections The potential for infection by an airborne pathogen from another inmate in the confined quarters of commercial flights is understudied.
See Airline food, Air sickness
Air travel & disease
- Aerotitis media
- Middle ear trauma
- Barosinusitis
- Pain, bleeding of sinuses; flying with sinusitis may cause a spread to the CNS
- Deep vein thrombosis
- 'Economy class' syndrome
- Heart attack
- Related to anxiety, sprinting to connecting flight, ↓ cabin O2 ergo hypoxia, ↓cabin humidity
- Infections
- eg, TB and other communicable diseases
- Musculoskeletal
- Low back pain and injuries
- Nausea
- Syncope/vertigo
- -possibly related to ↓ cabin O2leading to hypoxia
- Separation-related
- Panic, anxiety, depression
- Trauma
- Due to objects tumbling from overhead–avoid the aisle seat .
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