Many kids enjoy traveling but sadly many kids tend to become sick just after a few hours of journey. Their activeness before the journey by car, train or planes will cool down and they become calm and quite that makes the parents worry and look for the medical kit. Anxiety can play a part and make children air sick because of worries about a previous attack.

Always carry your kid's medicines even if they are keeping good health. Keep they handy to use them anytime.

A few simple behaviour changes can help your kid enjoy the journey.
Help them to get plenty of fresh air, if driving keep the car windows open a little. Avoid heavy meals, with a high fat content, before and during travel.
Sit children facing forward or backwards in the vehicle; on a ship the center of the vessel is the best place.
Get them to focus on distant objects to avoid the mismatch of signals between eyes and the middle ear
Play some nice music, or make sure they carry their music system, walkman etc.
Do not advice them to read instead playing games may distract them.
Keep them busy by asking them to count the red cars passing by. But if you are flying talk to them about the food served, a new story, share a joke and keep them busy.
If you fear your child may throw out, carry enough towels or tissues.
Make them to sip water, juice or suck a candy.
Carry oranges or lemon and give it to them to smell. It is also good if they orange while on journey.

Any kind of travel is not recommended for infants less than 7 days old or for premature babies. Infants are more susceptible to dehydration than older children and adults so adequate fluid intake should be maintained before and during the journey.

If you are driving, take care to put the child in the backseat in his car seat. Do not speed. Place a small pillow under their head. Give them a soother or a bottle. If you have to feed them in between, stop and wait for 10 minutes after feeding the child. If you are flying cabin pressure can cause distress to infants, which can be alleviated by giving a bottle or soother.

Bacterial infections often follow minor trauma to the skin – any wound, even the most trivial, can become infected, and there is particularly high risk in hot, tropical countries. Dirty, penetrating wounds, animal bites and coral cuts are highly susceptible to secondary infection by bacteria.

Try to use an appropriate antiseptic if you have a cut or a bite but if not available , boiled, preferably saline, water or alcohol are alternatives. Seek a doctors advice if you find any signs of infection or swelling, fever etc.

Fungal skin infections are very common especially in hot, humid climates or if you wear tight-fitting, synthetic clothing. Generally, fungal infections can be distinguished from bacterial because they tend to itch rather than cause pain. Athlete's foot, ringworm, thrush and tinea infections (eg “jock rot” or “jock itch”) are all common examples of fungal infections. The symptoms are often made worse by wearing shoes that causes the feet to overheat (eg trainers/sneakers).

Ringworm is not caused by a worm but by a variety of different, although related, moulds (including those that cause athlete's foot). The infection starts with an itchy, raised, slightly scaly red patch which, over the course of a few days, expands in size to form a red ring. Ringworm can occur anywhere on the body (often the arms and trunk), and spread elsewhere is not uncommon.

Viral infections, with one or two exceptions, tend to cause widespread rashes, whereas bacterial or fungal infections tend to be more localized. There is no specific treatment for most viral skin infections, although calamine, hydrocortisone and oral antihistamines can reduce itching.

Signs that a wound is infected

• Local redness
• Heat
• Swelling
• Pain
• Pus (thick white/yellow)
• Lymphangitis (see opposite)
• Local lymph-gland swelling
• Fever