Travel first aid kit
Build a travel first aid kit: from stomach bugs and fever to border-ready prescriptions and banned-medication checks. With a kids' section.

[ ] Fever reducer and painkiller
    The basics you've already used at home. Hunting for a pharmacy at night in a foreign country is the worst-case scenario.
[ ] Stomach block: sorbent, rehydration salts, anti-diarrheal
    Food poisoning is travel problem number one. Rehydration salts matter most: dehydration is more dangerous than the bug itself.
[ ] Antihistamine
    New food, unfamiliar plants, insect bites — travel allergies arrive unannounced.
[ ] Antiseptic, plasters, bandage
    Plasters in several sizes plus blister ones — new shoes and long walks come bundled with vacations.
[ ] Motion sickness remedy
    Mountain switchbacks, ferries and tour buses test even iron stomachs.
[ ] Saline nasal spray
    Dry plane and AC air parches your sinuses — half of vacation colds start there.
[ ] Sore throat remedy
    Air conditioning plus ice cream plus talking in the wind — the classic resort combo.
[ ] Panthenol for burns
    Sunburns happen even with sunscreen. Spray beats cream — no touching the burned skin.
[ ] Repellent matched to your destination
    For the tropics, go high-DEET: mosquitoes there carry dengue and malaria, not just itches.
[ ] Regular meds in original packaging
    Pack a few days beyond the trip length. For prescription drugs, carry the prescription or a doctor's note — borders can ask.
[ ] Check the destination's banned medications
    The UAE, Japan and others ban familiar meds — from codeine painkillers to cold remedies. Check yours on the embassy site.
[ ] Spare glasses or lenses with solution
    A lost lens with no backup ruins the whole trip. Solution over 100 ml goes in checked luggage.
[ ] Thermometer
    Digital, not mercury. 'A hot forehead' isn't a diagnosis, and your insurer will want numbers.
[ ] Check expiry dates on the whole kit
    Kits get recycled from last year. Toss the expired stuff and restock before you fly.
[ ] Essentials go in your carry-on
    Checked bags get lost and delayed. Regular meds and a minimal kit must fly in the cabin with you.
[ ] Child-form fever reducer
    The syrup or suppositories you've already used. Agree doses and kit contents with your pediatrician before the trip.
[ ] Cartoon plasters and spray antiseptic
    Spray doesn't sting, so scraped knees stop being drama. A favorite-character plaster heals on its own.
[ ] Kids' motion sickness remedy
    Strictly age-appropriate and pediatrician-approved. Kids get carsick more than adults — transfers and switchbacks will prove it.

Checklist from Unload: https://unloads.me/c/travel-first-aid-kit