A little preparation keeps most travel health problems small. This page brings together our guides on motion sickness, stomach upsets and packing a travel health kit.
Our travel health guides
- Motion sickness in children: prevention tips and medicine
- Travellers’ diarrhoea: how to prevent it and what to do
- Motion sickness: how to prevent and treat it
- Travel health kit checklist: what to pack
- How to stop diarrhoea fast, including travellers’ diarrhoea
Travel essentials
- Dramamine (dimenhydrinate 50 mg) for motion sickness. Take 30–60 minutes before travel.
- Imodium (loperamide 2 mg) for diarrhoea, adults and children 12+
- Claritin or Zyrtec for allergies and insect bites
- Mentax cream for athlete’s foot from hot, sweaty shoes
Before you go
- See a doctor or travel clinic 6–8 weeks before you leave to check vaccinations and malaria tablets.
- Pack enough of your regular medicines, in hand luggage, with a copy of the prescription.
- Get travel insurance that covers medical care.
- Drink bottled or treated water where tap water isn’t safe.
Information on this page is general and isn’t a substitute for advice from a doctor or pharmacist.