How Does Air Travel Affect People with High Blood Pressure?

I read this article somewhere online. A well known director was denied a seat in an airline as he was very huge and he can only travel in two seats. He was denied seats as there is only one seat left.

He is very brilliant that he did not escalate the situation. He just took a pic of him in the next flight and posted it online. Even though he is not humiliated by the situation, he should have been embarrassed.

As I'm always fond of connecting health related issues, I started thinking about the issues that may affect a over weight person when he travels in air apart from self esteem. Earlier, i have also posted many articles on air travel and vertigo.

What about high blood pressure? What ill health effects do people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, suffer and simply dismiss as side effects of travel?

If you are taking medication for blood pressure and it is in control then there is no proof that the cabin air pressurization will affect you. Then what affects the high blood pressure people? They should be concerned about long waiting lines, delays, security checks and the stress air travel brings.

When your blood pressure cannot be controlled by medication or if you have other serious side effects, then there is where you should be concerned about. Just like a person with asthma has to be prepared for an "event" when traveling, people at risk for heart attack or stroke have to consider that they won't be able to receive immediate care while flying.

Anyone can be affected by deep vein thrombosis while flying. But people with high blood pressure carry a high risk of getting affected. Apart from being painful, if the clot breaks and travels to lungs, it may create a pulmonary embolism. And everybody knows it's fatal.

Swollen feet and ankles is one side effect that everyone, especially those fly long distances suffer. This is not generally a concern but can be exacerbated by those with high blood pressure. The blood pools in the legs due to not moving for extended periods of time.

But you can pave way for movement of blood by doing these. You can walk around the cabin every 1 hour, stretching your calf, having plenty of water and minimizing the intake of alcohol.

If you are on medication for blood pressure then you should make sure that it should last for the whole trip. You should also remember that these days flight delays and cancellations are very common.

You should speak to airline heads if you are in need of oxygen. It is also advised that you should also meet your physician and discuss about any problems you might face. You need not afraid of doing all these things as there are only very limited individuals who were not cleared to fly.

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