Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport medical staff reminded people not to insist on flying while feeling sick, after certifying an office worker with severe flu-like symptoms as unfit to fly.
The Landseed Hospital-run center said on Tuesday last week that doctors removed a woman in her 20s from her company retreat abroad after she vomited during check-in.
Hsu Pi (徐丕), a doctor at the center, said the patient had worked back-to-back overtime in the days leading to the scheduled trip and fell ill the night before, but thought she would be sufficiently recovered to travel by morning.
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Instead, her cold-like symptoms became more severe at the airport and she began to suffer nausea, vertigo, muscle aches and chills, he said.
These symptoms, alongside fever and fatigue, suggest a
possibility of sinus infections, ear infection and pneumonia, or even myocarditis, pericarditis and encephalitis that could lead to permanent injury or death, Hsu said.
Hsu carried out the health screening on the passengers going on the retreat as part of the fit-to-fly medical certification process, as required by the company that arranged the trip, he said.
The patient was not permitted to fly because her symptoms suggest a potentially serious medical condition, Hsu said, as overseas travel is not conducive to recovery.
The stress of commercial flights, functioning with foreign languages and a diet of unfamiliar food could worsen slight health conditions or make serious ones life-threatening, he said.
Would-be travelers who have not received this season’s flu shot and are suffering from related symptoms should go home, rest and see a doctor, Hsu said.
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