What to do if you suffer from altitude sickness and insomnia

In modern society, people's quality of life is getting better and better, and people's travel has become very convenient. Therefore, many people have begun to choose travel as an activity, because travel allows them to see many things that they cannot see normally. Some people will experience altitude sickness when traveling in the plateau, so there are many situations, and insomnia is a common situation. So, what should we do about insomnia caused by altitude sickness?

First, what should we do if we suffer from insomnia caused by altitude sickness? Generally, when traveling to a plateau, altitude sickness will begin to appear when the altitude exceeds 3,000 meters. Of course, each person's tolerance to hypoxia, symptoms, and severity will be different. Altitude sickness includes dizziness, headache, shortness of breath, chest tightness, fatigue, insomnia, nausea and vomiting, purple lips, etc. The most prominent problem encountered by many people is headache. Mild cases involve a swollen and painful head, while severe cases involve a splitting headache, dizziness, insomnia, and loss of appetite. First, we need to identify the cause of headaches. On the plateau, most headaches are caused by lack of oxygen, but for a small number of people, it is caused by drinking alcohol, and it may also be caused by high blood pressure, so it is best to find out the cause and then provide targeted treatment. The headache caused by drinking alcohol and the headache further aggravated by altitude sickness should be relieved in time and some anti-altitude sickness medicine should be taken. People with high blood pressure should take hypertension control drugs and anti-altitude sickness drugs. Those who need to go to the hospital should go to the hospital in time. Of course, it is important to remind you that people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and high blood pressure should not go to the plateau, and they should consult a doctor before going to the plateau; in addition, smoking and drinking are not allowed on the plateau.

Second, for mild headaches, you can lie down and rest to reduce oxygen consumption, drink some glucose solution or Omerlan tablets to relieve overall altitude sickness, increase the body's oxygen utilization rate, and help the body adapt to the plateau environment as soon as possible. If the situation is serious and you want to temporarily relieve the symptoms, you can use some painkillers to treat it, such as the headache medicine ibuprofen, but you should not take too much. In addition, oxygen inhalation is also directly effective.

What should we do if we suffer from insomnia due to altitude sickness? It should be noted that if timely treatment measures are not taken, brain hypoxia will worsen, anaerobic metabolism in the brain will occur, and ATP production will decrease, which will lead to water and sodium retention and cause brain edema. Brain edema is fatal. Therefore, when headache symptoms appear, you cannot delay. If you have taken measures within a certain period of time but there is no improvement, you need to seek medical attention in time.