In-Flight Humidity levels and Dehydration
Jan 3, 2005 | 5:11 pm
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In-Flight Humidity levels and Dehydration
Greetings from Down Under. I'm interested in the latest information on
long haul in-flight humidity levels and the effects of dehydration ?
Is there a clear link to travel fatigue...
long haul in-flight humidity levels and the effects of dehydration ?
Is there a clear link to travel fatigue...
Jan 4, 2005 | 2:49 pm
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Always drink lots of water. Have a bottle or cup with you all the time and take sips from it throughout the flight. Long haul flights are very drying to the skin (and other parts as well) 
Jan 4, 2005 | 6:08 pm
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I think humidity is something like 5% or less, which is extremely dry. I've noticed parched lips on 3-hour domestic flights. Long-haul international is of course much worse, and is why lip balm is often in the amenity kits. The best advice is also the simplest: drink lots of water. And, it's like advice they give when you're in the desert: since your body is not used to the environment, you're normal "I'm thirsty" sense doesn't trigger when it should. If you wait to drink until you're thirsty, you've waited too long.