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Leis­ure and holidays

Leis­ure time and hol­i­days are for relax­a­tion and are important!

From Switzer­land, we like to travel to the sunny south. Or to the sunny moun­tains that are so close by! It is no dif­fer­ent for people with lupus. How­ever, the trip needs to be well organ­ised, and the sun should be enjoyed with caution. 

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Points to note

Sun Pro­tec­tion

In the “Treat­ment and pre­ven­tion” sec­tion (under “About lupus”), you will find import­ant inform­a­tion on sun pro­tec­tion.

Med­ic­a­tion

Take a suf­fi­ciently large sup­ply of med­ic­a­tion with you. Remem­ber to bring the cor­res­pond­ing pre­scrip­tions from your doc­tor, which should also be val­id in your hol­i­day des­tin­a­tion. Please note: Import­ing med­ic­a­tion abroad may be restric­ted and must be cla­ri­fied in advance. 

Vac­cin­a­tions

When trav­el­ling abroad, please fol­low the vac­cin­a­tion recom­mend­a­tions for your hol­i­day des­tin­a­tion and dis­cuss them with your treat­ing phys­i­cian. In the sec­tion “Vac­cin­a­tion” under “Liv­ing with lupus”, you will find import­ant inform­a­tion about vac­cin­a­tions for people affected by lupus. 

You can find more inform­a­tion on this at Healthy Travel (Link)

Emer­gen­cies

Pre­pare at home for a pos­sible emer­gency. Is there a lupus spe­cial­ist (rheum­at­o­lo­gist, immun­o­lo­gist) near your place of stay? Is there a hos­pit­al? Is there a phar­macy? Do you have the most import­ant doc­u­ments with you, for example, pre­scrip­tions from treat­ing doc­tors or dia­gnoses? Will you be able to com­mu­nic­ate in the loc­al lan­guage? As the say­ing goes: Bet­ter to be pre­pared than to have to deal with it afterwards.