Coming down from Yulong Snow Mountain, I blush with fever, headache and nausea.

Some people who enter the plateau for the first time will have symptoms such as headache, dizziness, dizziness, tinnitus, general fatigue, difficulty walking and difficulty falling asleep within 24 hours at an altitude of 3000 meters. In severe cases, symptoms such as abdominal distension, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, palpitation, shortness of breath, chest tightness, purple complexion, swelling of lips or face appear. When these symptoms appear, you should stay at the original height and rest for 3~5 days, or immediately lower the height by hundreds of meters, which can generally return to normal. It is reported that the incidence below 3500m accounts for 37% ~ 5 1%, and the incidence between 3600m and 5000m reaches 50%. This shows that the higher the altitude, the higher the incidence of altitude sickness. Severe altitude sickness is very harmful to human body. So after entering the plateau, if the following symptoms appear, altitude sickness should be considered: 1. Severe headache, palpitation, shortness of breath, chest tightness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, cyanosis of lips and nails. 2. Consciousness trance, cognitive ability plummeted. Mainly in the calculation difficulty. Do a simple addition problem before entering the platform period and record the time spent. When symptoms appear, repeat the same calculation problem. If it takes longer than before, it means that altitude sickness has occurred.

3. hallucinating, feeling warm, and often walking behind others aimlessly.

Precautions: slow down on the plateau, especially when you first arrive; Don't overeat, drink more water.

Don't arrange the itinerary too tightly, leave some time for your body to adapt; If you want to go outdoors or climb a mountain, the rising height should not exceed 1000 meters every day.

Prepare some commonly used drugs: Gao Yuanan, Gao Yuankang, Gao Yuanning, acetazolamide, furosemide, dexamethasone, etc. It is best to take it three or four days before entering Tibet, or take it according to the doctor's advice, which can greatly alleviate altitude sickness after entering Tibet. These drugs are very cheap and are sold in ordinary pharmacies.

Never enter Tibet with a cold, and try not to take a bath within two days after entering Tibet, so as not to catch cold and consume physical strength.

The weather in Tibetan areas is changeable, and you can experience four seasons in one day. Bring enough warm clothes and wear them layer by layer to adapt to the rapidly changing temperature and prevent colds and their complications.

Relief drug Gaoyuankang: A medicine for preventing and treating acute altitude sickness, developed by the Research Center for Alpine Disease Prevention and Control of the General Hospital of Tibet Military Region.

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Gao Yuan 'an: Health food helps to alleviate altitude sickness.

Rhodiola and its preparation: Tibetan traditional health food, which is helpful to enhance physical fitness and relieve altitude sickness. Take it 10 day before entering the plateau.

Dinokang capsule: OTC Chinese patent medicine, which can relieve myocardial ischemia and help alleviate altitude sickness.

Baifuning: It helps to control the headache caused by altitude sickness.

American ginseng: It helps to relieve fatigue, enhance physical fitness and reduce altitude sickness.

Quick-acting Jiuxin Pill: Take it when altitude sickness occurs, which helps to relieve altitude sickness.

Danshen Dripping Pills: Treating Cardiovascular Diseases. Helps to alleviate altitude sickness.

The symptoms of altitude sickness can be eliminated within 1-2 days for people with strong adaptability to altitude, and it takes 3-7 days for people with weak adaptability. If you can adapt, you can drink more butter tea, which also has a certain effect on relieving altitude sickness.

Prevention points For tourists at high altitude, the prevention of altitude sickness is an important life-threatening problem. Prevention points and simple first aid knowledge should be understood in advance.

Do a good job in physical examination to prevent altitude sickness, and do a good job in the hospital you want to go to before traveling at altitude. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, various respiratory insufficiency, organic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, hypertension, gastrointestinal diseases, neuropsychiatric diseases, severe chronic diseases, etc. Not suitable for plateau tourism. When the safety is uncertain, hypoxia test should be carried out.

Physical and mental preparation

⑴ Psychological preparation: To eliminate the fear, you can learn about the plateau environment, characteristics and medical care knowledge from books and experienced tourists, and enhance your self-confidence.

(2) do adaptive exercise. Such as mountain climbing, long-distance running, walking with load, etc. , increase vital capacity and enhance adaptability. (3) Understand the local climate characteristics, bring enough clothes, pay attention to cold and warmth, and avoid acute upper respiratory tract infection.

In order to prevent altitude sickness, adaptive training should pay attention to:

(1) Keep a good attitude, eliminate unnecessary fear of plateau, avoid excessive mental stress, and let your body get a full rest.

(2) avoid catching a cold. The plateau climate is cold, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. After catching cold, the body is prone to respiratory tract infection and acute altitude sickness.

(3) Avoid strenuous activities and heavy physical labor in the first two days, and climb slowly, which is conducive to the gradual adaptation of the body.

(4) Eating high-sugar and high-quality protein food is beneficial to overcome the adverse effects of hypoxia.

5] Do not smoke, drink or drink less to reduce the consumption of oxygen.

[6] It is best to take health care products for preventing altitude sickness for 3-5 days after entering the plateau.