barosinusitis /baro·si·nus·itis/ (bar″o-si″nus-ī´tis) a symptom complex due to differences in environmental atmospheric pressure and the air pressure in the paranasal sinuses.
barosinusitis.
barosinusitis [bar″o-si″nŭ-si´tis]
barosinusitis (bar´ōsī´n
sī´ts),
air travel disease
bar·o·si·nus·i·tis (b r  -s n -s t s)n. See aerosinusitis. |
barosinusitis.
See aerosinusitis.
barosinusitis [bar″o-si″nŭ-si´tis]
a symptom complex due to differences in environmental atmospheric pressure and the air pressure in the paranasal sinuses.
barosinusitis (bar´ōsī´n
sī´ts),n the painful symptoms related to the maxillary sinus resulting from a change in barometric pressure.
barosinusitis
a symptom complex in humans caused by differences in environmental atmospheric pressure and the air pressure in the paranasal sinuses.
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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