Why did Dunhuang, a 46-year-old associate professor in Wuhan, die while traveling?

On August 14, the reporter learned from a WeChat group of China Normal University that Liu Yuan, an associate professor of the College of Liberal Arts, died of altitude sickness in Dunhuang. According to the obituary published by the school, Associate Professor Liu Yuan died on June 5438+03 at the age of 46 due to sudden acute respiratory heart failure and high altitude pulmonary edema.

On the day of the incident, many people spontaneously went to Dunhuang to help and appease Liu Jiaoshou's family. At present, more than 100 people have decided to attend the memorial service held on 19.

It is reported that Liu Jiaoshou is very serious and responsible for his work, and often stays up late, with "three highs". He didn't go to bed until two or three in the morning two days before going to Qinghai. When he was in Qinghai Salt Lake at an altitude of nearly 3000 meters, he felt uncomfortable. At that time, he didn't realize that it was already a high rebellion and didn't take any measures. As a result, he couldn't go to Dunhuang.

Encounter "altitude sickness"

Altitude sickness is called altitude sickness in medicine. Generally speaking, mild patients can get better in about two days by oxygen inhalation and antibiotic treatment. But if altitude sickness "hits" a cold, it will be very dangerous. Once respiratory tract infection, even a slight cold, may lead to high altitude pulmonary edema and high altitude cerebral edema and death. Even if you catch a cold in the plain, you'd better go to the plateau after a month of recovery. Because the altitude environment will affect the body's ability to resist altitude sickness, these injuries usually take a month to fully recover.