file.newsgroup.med.59100 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Russ Brown)
Subject: Re: Altitude adjustment
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Vida Morkunas) writes:
>I live at sea-level, and am called-upon to travel to high-altitude cities
>quite frequently, on business. The cities in question are at 7000 to 9000
>feet of altitude. One of them especially is very polluted...
Mexico City, Bogota, La Paz?
>
>Often I feel faint the first two or three days. I feel lightheaded, and
>my heart seems to pound a lot more than at sea-level. Also, it is very
>dry in these cities, so I will tend to drink a lot of water, and keep
>away from dehydrating drinks, such as those containing caffeine or alcohol.
>
>Thing is, I still have symptoms. How can I ensure that my short trips there
>(no, I don't usually have a week to acclimatize) are as comfortable as possible?
>Is there something else that I could do?
Go three days early. Preliminary acclimatization takes 3-4 days. It
takes weeks or months for full acclimatization. Could you be
experiencing some jet lag, too?