What should I pay attention to when traveling at an altitude of 500 ~ 2000 meters after catching a cold?

1, just arrived at the plateau, everyone will feel chest tightness, shortness of breath, dyspnea and other symptoms of hypoxia to varying degrees, and severe symptoms such as headache, muscle aches and insomnia will occur. But this reaction is normal. If you can protect yourself correctly, the above symptoms will get better or disappear after 1-3 days. After the reaction is relieved, you should control your behavior to ensure safety.

People often use oxygen to relieve discomfort. Of course, oxygen inhalation can temporarily relieve chest tightness, shortness of breath, dyspnea and other symptoms, but after stopping oxygen inhalation, the symptoms will reappear. This has delayed the time to adapt to the plateau. So if the above symptoms are not very serious, especially in quiet places, it is best not to take oxygen, which will adapt to the plateau environment faster.

3, just entering the plateau, don't overeat, so as not to increase the burden that the digestive organs can't adapt well to this environment. It's best not to drink or smoke.

4, to eat more vegetables, fruits and other substances rich in vitamins, to drink more water, the more the better, as long as you can bear.

5. When you first arrive at the plateau, you should not walk, run or do manual labor. It is best to have a thorough rest for half a day, rest early on the first night and sleep more. This should be done as soon as we enter the plateau. Many people have just arrived at the plateau and have no reaction, so they are self-righteous. As a result, they had symptoms at night, and it was too late to regret it.

6, to prevent colds caused by catching cold, colds are one of the main causes of acute high altitude pulmonary edema. The temperature difference in the plateau is particularly large, and it is easy to catch a cold. Remember that it is better to be hot than cold at this time, and put on more clothes.

7. After entering the plateau, it is best to go to a place with low altitude first, and then to a place with high altitude, which is more conducive to adapting to the plateau climate. Try to make the itinerary easier and relax it appropriately.

8. When altitude sickness occurs, there is no need to panic, and targeted treatment should be given according to the degree of reaction. If the reaction is mild, you can take rest, drink more water and exercise less, which will generally improve or disappear after a period of time; If the reaction is serious and affects sleep, you can take some drugs for adjuvant treatment; If the reaction is too heavy, you should go to the hospital for treatment, infusion, medicine and oxygen inhalation. If you really can't stand the torture of altitude sickness, you have to take the earliest flight back to the mainland, and the general situation will be alleviated immediately.

9. It is often heard that someone died of altitude sickness in Tibet. In fact, the real cause of death is generally generate's disease caused by altitude sickness. Therefore, it is generally recommended that patients with colds, heart, lung, brain, liver and kidney diseases, severe anemia or hypertension should not enter Tibet for fear of altitude sickness causing these diseases.

10, try to choose a better hotel to stay in, so that you can have a good living environment, get a comfortable rest, relax yourself psychologically and physically, and help overcome altitude sickness. In addition, try to open the window when sleeping, let the air circulate, and sleep as close to the window as possible.

1 1. Choose better tourist vehicles, such as high-grade off-road vehicles (currently the best in Tibet is the Japanese Toyota desert prince off-road vehicle) or loose imported vans to make the journey more comfortable.

12, commonly used drugs to prevent altitude sickness: Rhodiola, Jigan tablets, glucose, etc. Taking it two days before entering the mountain and sticking to it on the way can effectively prevent altitude sickness.

13, sun protection measures can reduce the evaporation of water in the body and also have an indirect effect on relieving altitude sickness.