Be Cautious of the Altitude Sickness

Tourists planning to make a Tibet tour should be cautious of the altitude sickness. Before enter into Tibet, tourists are highly advised to take a physical examination so as to avoid unnecessary consequences. People caught a pathological change in heart, lungs, brain and kidney are not suitable to go to Tibet Plateau. Besides, tourists with severe anemia and hyperpiesia are also not suitable to make a Tibet tour.

While collecting information about how to get protected from the altitude sickness, tourists would find that Rhodiola Rosea is said to be the most effective medicines for the prevention of altitude sickness. It will help you to strengthen your anoxia tolerance and relieve your fatigue. It is quite effective in the prevention and remission of the high altitude sickness. Tourists are highly advised to take some Rhodiola Rosea about 10 days before your departure date and keep taking it till you get back to the plain environment. It is also effective in the prevention of the oxygen intoxication.

How to Get Protected from the Altitude Sickness – Be Cautious of the Altitude Sickness

During the first period of arriving on Tibet Plateau, most of the tourists would have various degrees of symptoms of high altitude sickness, such as breathlessness and choking sensation in the chest or some other symptoms of anoxia symptoms. It doesn't mean that you can't get adapted to the plateau environment if you catch some of these symptoms. If you handled certain knowledge about how to get protected from the altitude sickness and take care of yourself in the right way, these symptoms would get better or disappear in 2-4 days. It is researched that people might be attacked by the high altitude sickness between 2 hours and 7 days after you arrive on the plateau with an altitude of more than 3000 meters.

Tourists should note that oxygen uptake would make you feel better temporarily if you are attacked by the choking sensation in the chest, breathlessness and so on. But these symptoms of altitude sickness would appear again if you stop the oxygen uptake. In fact, the oxygen uptake would delay tour adaptation to the high altitude. Tourists are not advised to use the oxygen supplier if you just have some mild symptoms of altitude sickness. Tourists would realize that the mild symptoms of high altitude sickness would be cured during the process you get adapted to the high altitude gradually, or you will be dependent on the oxygen uptake whole the journey.

For tourists wondering how to get protected from the altitude sickness, Tibet tour would highly recommend you to drink some Tibetan butter oil tea. It is one of the most local drinks on Tibet Plateau. There are rich vitamins and other trace elements in the butter oil tea, which will improve your physical microcirculation and your adaptability to the plateau environment.