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Travel With IBD and IBS

Tips for traveling with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
  1. Public Restrooms (3)
  2. Travel with Kids

Avoid Travelers' Diarrhea

The last thing you'll want to experience while on vacation is a bout of travelers' diarrhea. Find out how you can avoid this unpleasant, but very common, problem.

Travel Immunizations for People With IBD

If you're traveling overseas, you may need to have travel immunizations. Your basic immunizations may need an update, and you may also need special immunizations for travel to certain countries.

Finding a Bathroom While Traveling Internationally

Finding a bathroom while traveling can be very tricky. When you are traveling and you have IBD, you will want to carefully plan ahead to find public bathrooms. Find out what it's like to use bathrooms overseas before you go.

IBD and Travel Insurance

If you're planning a trip, you will want to make sure that any medical problems, especially any IBD-related ones, will be covered by your travel insurance. If your current insurance doesn't cover your IBD and travel, you may want to consider purchasing travel insurance.

Taking Your Medications While Traveling With IBD

Traveling with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) requires some thinking ahead. While you're traveling you'll want to take extra precautions with your medications, to ensure you don't miss a dose.

Invest in a Portable Toilet

If you like to travel, but have problems getting away because of your IBD, you may want to invest in a portable toilet.

Keep a Change of Clothes on Hand

When you have IBD, it's best to keep a change of clothes on hand — just in case.

Top 5 Portable Toilets

The purchase of a portable toilet has been considered by many IBS and IBDers frustrated with their inability to go very far from home. These items are not only handy for camping, fishing, or hunting, but also for long car trips, Rennaissance festivals, State Fairs, or anywhere else amenities may be unavailable or unclean. For my top picks I...

IBD and IBS on the Road

Your condition doesn't have to keep you housebound! Find some tips for traveling with irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease here.

The Travel Clinic - The Special Traveler

Some good tips about traveling with IBD. One caveat - always consult with a doctor before taking any anti-diarrheal, including Immodium!

Travelers' Diarrhea

Extensive and technical information on traveler's diarrhea, how it can be prevented and treated.

Traveling with Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis

Locating a doctor, avoiding traveler's diarrhea, and danger signals to watch for while traveling.

Vaccine Recommendations for Travelers with Altered Immunocompetence

From the Centers for Disease Control, recommendations on vaccinations for people with compromised immune systems.

IBD and IBS on the Road

Traveling with Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Inflammatory Bowel Disease can be a frustrating experience. No one wants to be stuck at home because they can't be very far from a restroom, so here are some tips to help plan your next trip

Wheretowee

Wheretowee is an iPhone application for IBD that helps users to find clean and available restrooms in any location around the world.

iPhone Bathroom Applications

Mobile applications are booming, and one of the best things to come out of this new technology are the apps that help us find bathrooms. And these...

SitOrSquat

SitOrSquat is an application for the iPhone and the Blackberry that helps you locate the nearest open restroom to your location.

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