What are the common travel illnesses and injuries, and how to deal with them?

Travel is not only a physical activity that is beneficial to physical and mental health, but also a strenuous exercise. During the travel process, due to changes in the living environment and climate, the eating and sleeping patterns are disordered, and the amount of travel exercise If you are older and more nervous, everyone will inevitably encounter all kinds of major disasters and minor illnesses. For this reason, it is very important to master some simple prevention and treatment methods of common diseases during travel. Here is a brief introduction to how to deal with some common travel illnesses.

1. Common Illnesses and Injuries

1. Foot blisters and edema of lower limbs

When traveling, foot blisters are more common and will affect the smooth progress of travel. , and improper handling can cause infection.

To prevent the occurrence of foot blisters, you must pay attention to: First, the shoes and socks should be suitable. The shoes should not be too high or too small. It is best to wear used rubber shoes or cloth shoes. Girls should not wear high-heeled hard-soled leather shoes with insoles. They should be smooth, the socks should not be damaged or wrinkled, the sand in the shoes should be removed in time, and the shoes and socks should be kept dry; secondly, hiking should be done step by step, first near and then far, the steps should be even, and the landing should be stable, not fast and slow. ; Third, scald your feet with hot water before going to bed to promote local blood circulation, and massage the soles of your feet with your hands.

2. Diarrhea

Diarrhea is the most common travel disease. At home, my eating habits are relatively fixed, and my intestines and stomach are used to this kind of step-by-step work. Once they go out, especially to a distant place, almost all tourists are accustomed to ordering a few local specialties, and the more different they are from their eating habits at home, the better. For example, people who don’t live near the seaside will definitely order a table of seafood when they go to the seaside. When Jiangnan people with light tastes come to Chongqing and Chengdu, spicy hot pot is a must-have. The sudden huge contrast in diet often makes the stomach and intestines unable to accept it for a while, eventually leading to diarrhea.

Once diarrhea occurs, you must first seek medical treatment or take some medicine to treat diarrhea. In terms of diet, after diarrhea occurs, it is best to fast for 8 to 12 hours to clear the stomach and intestines and give the stomach a rest. Then, eat some "liquid" diet, such as rice soup, oil-free broth, fruit juice, filtered vegetable juice, etc., but try not to drink milk, and avoid irritating foods such as coffee, drinks that are too hot or too cold, and added spices foods or fatty foods to avoid aggravating the condition. After one or two days, you can consider eating some porridge and pasta, as well as some fish, meat, tofu, eggs, etc. Pay attention to eating small amounts and frequent meals.

Appropriate use of medicines such as berberine tablets is a good medicine to prevent and treat diarrhea. If you feel gastrointestinal discomfort after eating during the trip, or you feel that the hygiene of the restaurant is not satisfactory, or if you eat If the food is not too fresh, you can take 2 to 3 berberine tablets immediately, which can play a preventive role.

3. Sprain

Many people are busy with their daily work, do little outdoor exercise, and do not relax their joints and muscles. After going out for an outing or playing, after a "long period of silence", the joints and muscles suddenly "move", causing injuries such as sprains, which are inevitable every year.

It is recommended that before traveling, you should warm up and exercise at home for a few days, run, and climb stairs to allow your joints and muscles to adapt in advance, so as to avoid suffering when you go out. In addition, it is best to choose softer casual shoes and sports shoes instead of leather shoes. Socks are best made of cotton or linen. Stockings are too slippery and not suitable for long walks.

After a joint is accidentally sprained, do not rub or massage it immediately. You should immediately apply cold water or ice for about 15 minutes. Then, tie the sprained area tightly with a handkerchief or bandage, or use local materials to bandage it externally with traditional Chinese medicine that promotes blood circulation, disperses blood stasis, and reduces swelling, so as to strive for early recovery.

4. Prevent "Travel Fatigue"

It is easy to suffer from "Travel Fatigue" when traveling. The main reasons are excessive play and lack of sleep. Sometimes you will have difficulty breathing, cold sweats, and loss of appetite. Symptoms include lack of energy, thirst, and general weakness.

Once it occurs, it should be dealt with in time, stop lying down immediately, rest fully, and relieve fatigue. You can give the fatigued person some sugar, drink some hot tea or light salt water (1 gram of salt plus 100 ml of water) until the symptoms are relieved or disappear. In order to prevent fatigue on the way and completely oxidize the lactic acid accumulated in the body, you can eat some vinegar; you can also eat more oranges, plums, and lemons containing citric acid; pears, apples, and cherries containing malic acid; and foods containing succinic acid. Loquat and other fruits and drinks. Secondly, try to move your waist and legs while resting. Travel companions can massage and massage each other to relax their muscles. Taking a hot bath before going to bed can relieve fatigue. In addition, you can also raise your feet while sleeping to facilitate blood circulation in the lower limbs and promote the elimination of fatigue; drink more water before sleeping to replenish the lack of water in the body.

2. Accidental illnesses and injuries during summer travel

1. Heat stroke

Heat stroke is the most common disease that occurs when traveling in midsummer, so great attention should be paid to prevention. The symptoms are: sudden dizziness, nausea, coma, no sweat or clammy, dilated pupils, pale face, high fever, and in severe cases, fainting. Before the onset of the disease, I felt thirsty, dizzy, weak all over, and my eyesight went black. Therefore, you must master the following five key points when traveling during high temperature seasons:

(1) Try to wear light-colored clothing. When traveling, you should wear white, light-colored or plain-colored clothing.

(2) A heat-insulating hat should be worn. Straw hats have a refractive effect on sunlight.

(3) Drink more water, especially salt water.

(4) Carry anti-heat medicine with you, such as Rendan, cooling oil, Fengyoujing, Shidishui, etc.

(5) Once heat stroke occurs, the patient should be moved to a cool and ventilated place to lie down and rest, unbutton the patient's clothes, and apply a cold towel to the patient's head and neck. Let the patient take some human elixir or ten drops of water. If the patient faints, you can use your fingers to pinch the patient's Renzhong acupoint or acupuncture the Shixuan acupoint on the fingertips of both hands. Then he was sent to a nearby hospital for treatment.

2. Venomous snake bites and venomous insect stings

Summer is the season when venomous snakes and venomous insects are active, so precautions should be taken during mountain climbing and other travel activities.

In order to prevent being bitten by venomous snakes when traveling, it is best to use a deep stick to open a path in front of you when walking, and whip the grass on both sides, which is called "alert the grass to scare the snake". If there is a snake on the roadside, it will run away after being frightened. In addition, to strengthen personal protection, when traveling in the grass, it is best to wear long clothes, long trousers, and gloves. When passing through low trees, you should also wear a straw hat to prevent snakes from getting entangled in the trees and biting them from above. Injury to the head or neck. When you go out, keep snake repellent with you, just in case.

After being bitten by a venomous snake, do not panic and run to avoid accelerating the absorption and spread of venom. During first aid, ropes, cloth strips and rattan should be tied immediately above the wound to prevent the return of toxic venous blood. Then squeeze the wound to drain the venom. When squeezing, you can rinse the wound with spring water or cold boiled water. If possible, you can rinse with 0.1% potassium permanganate or physiological saline. If there are venomous fangs remaining in the wound, you should immediately pick it out, then use a clean knife to slightly expand the wound, then use a breast pump or cupping pot to suck out the venom from the wound, and then wash the wound with clean water. Best, administer snake medicine quickly or send to the hospital immediately.

Poisonous insects that often threaten tourists during tourism include scorpions, centipedes, poisonous spiders, wasps, stinging caterpillars, etc. After being stung by these animals, the wound will be itchy, red and swollen, accompanied by symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and muscle spasms. If you are stung by a stinging caterpillar (commonly known as an itchy caterpillar), you can cut a piece of medical adhesive plaster and stick it on the stung skin. Press it back and forth several times with your hand. When you peel it off, the stinging hairs will stick up and the pain will disappear immediately. If you are stung by other poisonous insects, you can squeeze out the venom, then rub the wound with soapy water, tobacco oil, vinegar, etc., or mash purslane, drink the juice, and apply the residue externally. It should be noted that for both poisonous bee stings, acidic medicines such as vinegar should be used for wasp venom; alkaline medicines such as soda water should be used for bee venom. Garlic paste is effective against centipede bites.

Health Guide

Tips to Relieve Sickness

Getting sick while traveling can be troublesome. Knowing a few tricks can help you treat minor ailments easily.

1. To relieve headaches: Press the temples on both sides of the head with the index fingers of both hands (the temples are in the depression 1 inch back between the eyebrows and the outer corners of the eyes), press until there is swelling and pain, and rotate clockwise for about 1 minute. .

2. To relieve stomach pain: rub the Zusanli point on the patient’s legs with both thumbs. Zusanli point is 3 inches below the knee, one finger across the outside of the tibia. Press it for 3 to 5 minutes after you feel soreness, numbness and swelling.

3. Relieve angina pectoris: Use your thumb nail to pinch the root of the patient's middle nail to make the patient feel obvious pain. You can also press and release for 3 to 5 minutes.

4. Treat syncope: Use your thumb and index finger to pinch the tiger’s mouth of the patient’s hand (i.e. Hegu point) for more than ten times, and you can usually wake up.

5. Treat constipation: When defecating, use the middle finger of your left hand to press the Tianshu point on the left side (located 3 cm next to the navel and 1 cm below the belly button). Press and hold until there is obvious soreness and swelling. About 1 minute.