Can a 71-year-old man with high blood pressure and emphysema fly?

When traveling, the elderly and patients with heart disease can fly as long as their general physical condition is good, their heart function has no obvious obstacles, and there are no signs of cardiac emergencies. When traveling, you should try your best to fly, but you must be careful to only choose large and medium-sized passenger planes, and never take small passenger planes. Large and medium-sized aircraft have spacious cabins, comfortable seats, smooth flight, low noise, and light take-off and landing. For the elderly and heart disease patients, due to the shortened flight time, travel fatigue and discomfort will not occur, thus reducing the incentives for heart attacks. Therefore, it is best for the elderly and people with heart disease to travel by plane, but not small passenger planes.

However, please pay attention to the following situations:

1. For patients with heart disease, hypertension and extreme weakness, the effect of changes in atmospheric pressure will be more obvious, especially when blood pressure rises. The emergence of symptoms such as high heart rate, reduced cardiac output, and dyspnea are more likely to cause serious consequences and even life-threatening consequences. According to statistics, 3/100,000 passengers died of acute heart disease during flights. For people with cardiovascular system diseases, air travel is prone to congestive heart failure, myocardial ischemia, pulmonary hypertension and concurrent hypertension. Therefore, people with such medical history should ask a doctor for evaluation before taking a flight to determine whether they can take the flight.

2. Patients with cardiovascular disease. Mild hypoxia in the air may cause cardiovascular patients to relapse or worsen their conditions, especially patients with cardiac insufficiency, myocardial hypoxia, myocardial infarction and severe hypertension. It is generally considered inappropriate to fly.

3. Cerebrovascular patients. For patients with cerebral embolism, cerebral hemorrhage, and brain tumors, the roar, vibration, and lack of oxygen during takeoff and landing can aggravate their condition and are prohibited from flying.

One final reminder: It is recommended that when the elderly meet the above conditions and fly, it is best to have a relative to accompany them.

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