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Welcome to Lost Paddle Adventure (P)Ltd.
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| NEPAL >> Trekking
In Nepal |
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| Altitude
Sickness |
Altitude sickness
or Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) in another word
is one of the deadly serious problems many trekkers
are facing often in their trekking span. The very
important medical consideration while trekking
in Nepal is "Prevention is better than cure
is applied to avoid AMS." The commonly appearing
symptoms of AMS are as following. |
- Nausea
- vomiting
- Loss of appetite
- Insomnia/sleeplessness
- Persistent headache
- Dizziness and confusion
- Disorientation Weakness, fatigue, lassitude,
heavy legs
- Slight swelling of hands and face
- Breathlessness or irregular breathing
- Less urine output
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| Escape/Avoidance
of AMS |
- Acclimatization-After a 1000m ascent, stay
one more night for acclimatization.
- Do not make rapid ascent.
- No alcohol, no sleeping pills, no smoking,
no oily food, no hard hot drinks that contains
more coffins, no sex
- Drink more fluid 3-4 liters day-clean water,
boiled and filtered or medicated, tea, soup,
and juice
- No heavy backpacks. 10 –12 kilograms
OK.
- Climb higher, always sleep lower
- Ascend less than 300m a day above 3000m of
altitude.
- Never trek alone
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Treatment
Of AMS |
- Descent is the best remedy do not wait for
the helicopters or medical help.
- Three medications have been proven useful.
- Diamox-125 mg can prevent mild symptoms of
AMS.
- Nifedipine ordinarily used to treat heart
problems and high blood pressure.
- escomethasone, an important drug to carry
for emergency use
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