Precaution of High Altitude Sickness

How to Prevent or Relieve High Altitude Sickness?

Most people who first come to Tibet will appear different degree high altitude sickness. There are no regulations about what kind of people will appear high altitude sickness. The best way to avoid and relieve high altitude sickness is keeping good mood to face it, because of many symptoms are caused by mental reaction. There are some suggestions for the people first to plateau: don't walk quickly, run or do physical labor; don't drink or eat too much to increase the burden of digestive organs; don't smoke and drink alcohol; eat more vegetables, fruits and the things with rich vitamin; drink proper quantity of water; pay attention to keeping warm; don't have bathe often to avoid cold and consumption of physical. Don't take oxygen at the beginning, should adapt to the environment by yourself as you can. Or, you can't leave taking oxygen in plateau.

The degree of high altitude sickness is differs for different persons. Commonly, young people will better than the old and children. For people who live in low altitude areas (like eastern coastal areas) firstly come to plateau, they will appear slight high altitude sickness premonitory when the altitude over 2000 meters, like easy hungry, headache, insomnia and so on. In this moment, people should pay more attention to keeping warm to avoid cold. When the altitude over 3000 meters, many people will appear obvious high altitude sickness, like breathing deeply, lips become purple and so on. People, who first come to plateau and the aim is reaching over 3000 meters place, must do preparation work. If you have enough time, don't increase the altitude too fast. To take a rest for one or three days after reaching 3500 meters, then, come to higher places. It can relieve the high altitude sickness.

Some Health Food to Relieve High Altitude Sickness

Sedum Safflower Capsules

Function: increase the oxygen-poor endure ability, relieve tiredness. It can relieve and prevent high altitude sickness.

Instruction: take it for three or five days before setting off to prevent high altitude sickness; take it for 2 days after back to home.

Bufferin: it can help to control the headache which caused by high altitude sickness.

Ginseng: it is helpful for easing tiredness, enhancing physique, relieving high altitude sickness.

Quick Acting Heart Reliever: it can be used when high altitude sickness suddenly happened, it can help to relieve the high altitude sickness.

Salvia pill: it is used to treat cardiovascular disease. It can relieve high altitude sickness.

For the people with strong ability to adapt to high altitude environment, the high altitude sickness can disappear in one or two days, people with weak ability will need three to seven days. If can, drink some butter tea which is effective for relieving high altitude sickness in some sense.