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Your own snacks
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Your insurance card and credit cards or
cash for the hospital co-pay or emergency doctor visits, if needed.
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Special travel insurance if needed. Check
with your health plan to see how to handle health care if you’re out
of town.
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A list of your medications in English and
in the language of the country you’re visiting
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Prescriptions for your medications in case
you lose the bottles or need to start a new medication with doctor
approval
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Extra medications, including any needed if you have a flare-up. Refer to your
stoplight plan to be sure you
take along the medications you may need.
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Names and numbers of health care providers
and hospitals where you’re traveling
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Any nonprescription helpers: supplements,
anti-diarrhea medicines and pain killers
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Travel-size wet wipes or soft tissue
(emergency toilet paper, pain-free)
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Travel-size air freshener
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Hand sanitizer
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Extra underwear plus a plastic bag for
quick changes
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Useful
phrases in the appropriate language, such as “Where is the
bathroom?” as well as for any foods you need to avoid. For example,
in France, you might need to know “pas du lait ou poivre” for "no
milk or pepper."