What do you prepare for a long trip during the Qingming Festival?

The Qingming Festival holiday is coming soon, and many people are planning spring outings.

Whether you are outing to enjoy flowers, hiking or camping, it is a good opportunity to embrace nature. To make spring outings pleasant and physical, the first thing to do is to choose a sunny day and pay attention to the weather forecast before departure.

Appreciating the scenery of lakes and mountains, bringing a suitable set of travel equipment will undoubtedly add points to your trip. The more advanced the equipment, the better, but a set of useful and comfortable luggage will undoubtedly save people a lot of trouble.

Equipment

Tents and sleeping bags

If you plan to camp outdoors, tents and sleeping bags are essential items. When camping in the spring, the tent is our "house", protecting us from wind, rain, dew and moisture. Although it is already April and the weather will not be too bad, you still need to put a lot of thought into choosing a tent.

Ordinary consumers usually use tents for leisure travel, and they consider two elements most: first, easy portability, and second, good waterproof and breathable properties. Dome-shaped tents are the most popular among consumers. They are simple to set up, easy to carry, and relatively light in weight. The lightest two-person tent only weighs 2 kilograms.

The function of the tent is to protect you from wind and rain, while the sleeping bag is responsible for keeping you warm. Common sleeping bags on the market mainly come in two shapes, mummy style and envelope style. Mummy sleeping bags have wide shoulders and narrow feet, which are more suitable for use in cold seasons; envelope sleeping bags have shoulders as wide as feet and resemble an envelope. This kind of sleeping bag is looser and suitable for warm summer seasons and people with a wide body shape. The fillings of sleeping bags are mainly fleece, chemical fiber cotton and down, of which down is the most expensive.

Waterproof windbreaker

In addition to the rich colors of windbreakers, different styles of windbreakers have different textures and functions. When we are shopping, we often wonder why there are so many "playing cards" on clothes? It turns out that each one is a kind of "certification"! Whether it is waterproof, how breathable it is, and what kind of fabric to use are all professionally explained! Whether the windbreaker is waterproof or not depends on these small signs.

Light and non-slip shoes

Directly related to your personal safety, a good pair of outdoor shoes can make you walk lightly and greatly reduce fatigue during the journey. Lightweight hiking boots or non-slip shoes should be preferred. It should be noted that outdoor shoes are different from hiking shoes and are more suitable for hiking. Their midsoles are treated with special materials according to ergonomics to make walking more elastic.

Travel Stick

When you are exhausted, you will find how useful a travel stick is. Titanium alloy is the lightest, followed by aluminum alloy. Another kind of trekking pole has a spring inside and a shock absorber system to buffer the impact.

In addition, you also need to collect spring outing equipment including GPS, multi-function knives, sunglasses, sunscreen, etc.

Anti-allergy

Hay fever

In northern my country, spring, usually from early March to late May, is the peak season for hay fever. Allergies are mainly caused by pollen from trees such as Cupressaceae and Moraceae.

If you are allergic to cypress pollen, avoid going to parks or mountains with many cypress trees, or in areas or cities where the allergen is relatively concentrated.

Before the hay fever season comes, you can do some preventive treatments in advance and take preventive medication.

For example, for rhinitis, nasal spray hormone is a very good preventive medicine. It takes effect in three days and reaches its peak effect in one week. If the patient can predict when his attack will occur, it is recommended to start using it one week in advance.

There is also an eye drop called sodium cromoglycate, which has good preventive and therapeutic effects on immediate allergic reactions. It is best to start using eye drops two weeks before the onset of symptoms.

Solar dermatitis

The sun is shining brightly in spring, shining on the earth. The enhanced ultraviolet rays in the sun can easily induce solar dermatitis, which manifests as scaling, itching, dry pain and other symptoms, and some also manifests as erythema, papules and scales, which is also called "peach blossom ringworm" by the common people. With the recovery of all things, many people like to go to the wild to collect fresh and tender wild vegetables to eat, and some wild vegetables can induce and aggravate solar dermatitis.

Insect bite dermatitis, also known as papular urticaria

People begin to go out for spring outings, walks, and enjoy nature. At this time, some small insects such as sandflies and small midges Waiting also started to become active. These small insects burrow into people's bodies and bite their skin, causing insect bite dermatitis. Even if their secretions get on people's bodies, they can induce allergies.

Urticaria, also known as wheals

Some people with allergies get it when they inhale pollen, feathers, and some volatile chemical gases floating in the air, such as car exhaust and sulfur dioxide. Can get sick. It manifests as a sudden itching of the skin, followed by the appearance of flat, raised wheal-like rashes of varying sizes, so they are also called wheals. Some of the rashes are pale, some are red, and they appear more and more often, and can spread all over the body. Some can subside on their own within a short period of time, but are prone to recurring attacks; some may become chronic urticaria, lasting for months or even years.

If acute urticaria occurs in the throat mucosa, it can cause obstruction, chest tightness, and in severe cases, suffocation or life-threatening anaphylactic shock.

Contact dermatitis

Dermatitis caused by contact with an object (mainly a plant). There are many plants whose leaves, stems, flowers, fruits, etc. can irritate human skin, such as sumac, nettle, pyrethrum, etc. If you come into contact with them accidentally, you may experience itching or burning sensation in the exposed area, local erythema, or dense papules the size of a pinhead, or severe erythema, swelling, pain, and blisters. A few severe cases may also have symptoms such as fever, sensitivity to cold, headache, and nausea. If this type of disease is treated promptly and properly, it can usually be cured in about 10 days. However, it is easy to relapse. If it relapses repeatedly or is not handled properly, it may turn into chronic dermatitis, which will be more difficult to treat.

Preventive measures

People who have had solar dermatitis or seasonal dermatitis in the past should avoid direct sunlight as much as possible, and do not use alkaline cosmetics and soaps; During the pollen season, people with allergies should try to avoid activities in the wild, under trees or among flowers. When going out, they should wear masks, glasses, etc. to minimize exposed parts; they can also take some anti-allergy drugs in advance, such as Karri Tan, cetirizine, etc.; when going out to play in spring, you should tie your cuffs and trouser legs tightly to prevent small insects from getting in.

Prepare 6 types of medicines

If you are traveling as a family, in addition to those with underlying diseases who need long-term medication, you need to go to a specialist clinic to evaluate the underlying conditions before traveling, prepare and pack enough For maintenance treatment drugs, you also need to prepare a carry-on first aid kit containing six types of commonly used drugs and supplies.

1. Medicines used for emergency disinfection and bandaging when trauma occurs: such as band-aids, iodophor disinfectant, gauze, cotton balls, etc.

2. Medications for acute fever and cold illnesses during travel: such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatory analgesics, cold medicines, etc.

3. Drugs used to relieve symptoms of motion sickness such as dizziness, nausea, and vomiting caused by traveling in cars, boats, and airplanes: such as motion sickness tablets, phenobarbital scopolamine, diphenhydramine, etc.

4. Drugs used to treat travelers' diarrhea: such as loperamide, bismuth subsalicylate, rifaximin, berberine, montmorillonite powder, etc.

5. Drugs used to relieve symptoms of skin allergies, pollen allergies, insect bites and contact dermatitis: such as chlorpheniramine, loratadine, deslorata, diphenhydramine, etc.

6. Drugs used to prevent mosquito bites, such as DEET.