Is there altitude sickness when traveling in Lhasa? What about altitude sickness?

Many friends want to go to Tibet to see the mysterious place here during the long vacation, and many friends are worried about altitude sickness. Will there be altitude sickness when traveling to Lhasa? How to alleviate altitude sickness?

1. Is there altitude sickness in Lhasa? Lhasa, Tibet is 3650 meters above sea level, which is lower than other towns in Tibet.

Altitude sickness is actually a normal stress reaction when the human body encounters a strange plateau environment.

Generally speaking, people who live in the plain all the year round quickly enter the plateau area above 3000 meters above sea level, and there is a 50%~75% chance of altitude sickness.

So tourists travel in Lhasa, some tourists may have altitude sickness, while others don't feel anything.

Altitude sickness can be divided into acute altitude sickness and chronic altitude sickness. The symptoms of these two kinds of altitude sickness are different. The symptoms of chronic altitude sickness are relatively mild, generally only headache, tinnitus, shortness of breath, general weakness, insomnia and other symptoms. Usually you can recover after a day's rest.

Severe altitude sickness has symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, palpitation, and cyanosis. If you have the same severe altitude sickness, I suggest you stay in the oxygen hotel in Lhasa for a day or two, and don't go to high altitude areas for sightseeing during altitude sickness.

Altitude sickness is also very serious. Some tourists are in poor health, accompanied by high blood pressure, heart disease and other symptoms, or travel to Tibet during a cold. If you don't pay attention, it is likely to cause brain edema or pulmonary edema, which will lead to shock, and even threaten life safety.

Tourists in poor health must be treated with caution and consider whether to enter Tibet on the premise of ensuring their own safety.

If tourists feel unwell in Tibet, such as inexplicable palpitation and chills, they must go to the local hospital for examination in time. If they find the situation serious, they must return to the low altitude area immediately.

Second, the regularity of altitude sickness. Tourists may want to ask when altitude sickness usually occurs. Actually, it's hard to say this question, but according to what I have found so far, altitude sickness usually occurs at these times.

The first is that tourists fly into Tibet, which is faster, and some tourists have slower physical adaptability. After getting off the plane, some tourists will have altitude sickness, not only for the first time, but also for tourists who have visited Tibet many times.

The second is that tourists don't have much reaction when they first arrive in Lhasa. Some tourists haven't reacted yet, and altitude sickness will be delayed for about 4 or 5 hours. After this uncomfortable period, altitude sickness will slowly dissipate.

Traveling to Tibet has always been a controversial issue. It is easier to go to Tibet by plane than by train. In fact, going to Tibet by train or by plane may lead to high reaction, just because people have different physical adaptability and are not necessarily related to transportation.

Although the altitude of entering Tibet by train rises step by step, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has a long journey, with an altitude of 4,000-5,000 meters, especially in the place where tourists are most prone to high rebellion after passing through Tanggula Mountain.

Third, measures to prevent or reduce altitude sickness. I want to tell you that there is no way to completely avoid altitude sickness when traveling to Tibet. We can only minimize the symptoms of altitude sickness and alleviate the discomfort caused by altitude sickness.

After arriving in Lhasa, we will decide to rest for a few days according to the severity of everyone's hyperreflexia.

1. Take rhodiola one week before you travel to Tibet to enhance your body's resistance. Everyone has different effects after taking it.

The most important thing to travel to Tibet is to maintain a good mental state, be optimistic about altitude sickness, and not be too afraid of altitude sickness. This is also a good way to prevent altitude sickness.

On the first day in Lhasa, when you just get off the train or plane, don't be alive and kicking because you are uncomfortable. In particular, tourists who have delayed their reaction for a while should pay special attention. Just because you don't feel sick for a while doesn't mean that your body won't have high reflexes after a few hours. Shu Ying suggested that after the first day in Lhasa, everyone should have a good rest in the hotel and adapt to the local plateau environment.

4. To travel to Tibet, it is suggested to travel from low altitude to high altitude, starting from Linzhi, and finally visiting Namco and Mount Everest to better adapt to altitude sickness. Tourists go to high altitude areas such as Mount Everest, Namco and Ali, and remember to bring oxygen bottles. Once the body can't adapt to the anoxic environment, oxygen cylinders can temporarily relieve discomfort.

Fourth, play raiders In addition, during the tour in Tibet, no matter where you play, it is recommended to take anti-altitude sickness drugs with you to prevent accidents.

The lowest average altitude in Tibet is Linzhi, which is about 3000 meters above sea level. The lowest altitude in some areas of Linzhi is less than 1000 meters, such as Medog and Xiachayu.

Linzhi has almost no high reaction, because the altitude in most areas will not exceed 3000 meters.

Some tourists have severe symptoms of hyperresponsiveness. My suggestion is that you can consider starting from Linzhi as the first stop. Although the altitude of Lhasa is not too high, tourists can't completely say that there is no high reaction when they come to Lhasa, but there is a 95% chance that there will be no high reaction when they go to Linzhi.

On the first day, tourists will not be allowed to visit Namco and Everest base camp first. Usually go to Linzhi first, or stay in Lhasa for a day. After tourists recover, they will consider visiting Namco and Yanghu.