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Can hypertension travel to Qinghai Lake?

This kind of symptoms generally do not travel to Qinghai Lake.

If you are a patient with hypertension, it is generally not recommended to enter the plateau area. Qinghai Lake is located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an altitude of 3 196 meters, and the oxygen content in the air is lower than that in the plain. Patients with hypertension are more prone to altitude sickness when they go to Qinghai Lake, which is manifested as dizziness, headache and even dyspnea, which may be life-threatening in severe cases.