Tian Peng, director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine of Tibet Fukang Hospital, suggested that patients with heart, lung, brain, liver and kidney diseases, severe anemia, hypertension and diabetes should not enter the plateau.
Because these people have poor adaptability to the plateau environment, the risk of acute altitude sickness is obviously higher than others in the early stage of entering the plateau. If they stay in the plateau for too long, they are also more likely to suffer from various chronic altitude sickness than others.
At the same time, because the body has to adapt to the plateau environment, the compensatory activities of important organs such as heart and lung are enhanced, and the burden on organs is aggravated, which may further aggravate the condition.
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Tian Peng, director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine of Tibet Fukang Hospital, suggested that tourists should have a physical examination before entering Tibet, so as to know their blood pressure and cardiopulmonary function in time. On this basis, do proper exercise and exercise, keep a good attitude and get enough sleep.
Tian Peng introduced that tourists may experience acute altitude sickness when they enter the plateau for the first time. Specific symptoms include headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, palpitation and shortness of breath, chest tightness and chest pain, insomnia, lethargy, loss of appetite, abdominal distension, numbness of hands and feet, etc.
Once acute altitude sickness occurs, you should reduce your activities, stay in bed and replenish fluids before your symptoms improve. Mild cases can be left untreated, and most people will gradually disappear after 3 ~ 10 days of adaptation. But if the symptoms are not relieved or even aggravated, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible.
People's Network-Health Precautions for Plateau Tourism