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Altitude Sickness It is normal
to feel a little bit sick from the high altitude of the Yunnan
Highland. The altitude of Kunming is 1,896 meters. while climbing
mountains, many tourists will feel sick as the altitude rises
higher and higher. The usual symptoms include headache, feeling
nauseated, vomiting, choking sensation in the chest, and numb four
limbs. It's not necessary to see a doctor for these symptoms
disappear in three days as you will be adapted the high altitude.
However, in order to reduce or eliminate the altitude sickness, it
is best to have high calorie food, such as chocolate, peanuts, and
bread. When entering the plateau area, please pay attention to
keeping yourself warm enough. It is best to replenish some acid
food, including dried meat, fish, eggs, poultry, cereals, peanuts,
and walnuts when meeting with the symptoms of dizziness, nauseate
and slightly respiratory alkalosis. These food will help you in
regulating the balance of the acid and alkali soda of your body.
It is better not to drink any alcoholic for alcoholic drinking
consumes too much of your body's oxygen. The best advice is to
peacefully rest yourself on the bed without doing many physical
activities. In case of serious sickness, it is best to see a
doctor for a proper treatment. As for headaches, it is possible to
treat it by taking some pain killers, massaging or needling the
acupoints of connected valleys (LI 4), the temple acupoint, the
Shangxing (GV23 ) acupoint or the baihui acupoints.
Proper Clothing for Leaving Home
I. Clothes
When visiting Yunnan in the summer, it is better to wear long
sleeve shirt and pants for protecting your body from sunburn and
the bites of pests, such as mosquitoes. In order to keep yourself
warm enough, it is better to take a thin woolen sweater, for the
temperatures in early morning and late evening are comparatively
lower than that of the mid-day. Known for its
moderate climate in Yunnan, the winter is not very cold in most
places. however, it is better to take some light down feather
clothes, or silk and cotton clothes, or camel hair clothes. For
the underwear, we would like to recommend you the cotton textiles,
or shirts made of fine cotton cloth, soft, warm and comfortable in
the typical Yunnan winter. It is nice to take some
thin sweater or some light coats for traveling in Yunnan in spring
and autumn for convenience. If possible, please prepare a cotton
long pants, because the weather in most parts of Yunnan is
variable. II. Shoes
Remember never to walk in Yunnan in new shoes, high heeled shoes,
leather dress shoes or plastic shoes. Do not forget
that Yunnan is situated on the highland with steep hills and
mountains. In addition, your feet will be easily hurt by these
kinds of inconvenient shoes mentioned previously. Shoes like
sports shoes, soft sole shoes and walking shoes are the first
choices. They are light and flexible, comfortable and elastic in
nature. III. Socks
The proper socks for going with on a tour are made of cotton
because of its nature of absorbing sweat and softness. In winter,
it is also good to wear socks made of cotton, soft, protective,
comfortable and elastic. If going on a mountain climbing tour or
an investigation, please try to take the puttee into
consideration. It can reduce the varicose veins of leg and
strengthen your step. IV.
Sunglasses Owing to the strong sunrays on the
Yunnan plateau, it is proper to prepare yourself a pair of
sunglasses. Especially in spring, they can protect your eyes from
being irritated by dust and sand.
V. Gauze mask It is
very windy and dry in both winter and spring in Yunnan. To protect
yourself against sand, it is best to bring with you a gauze mask. |
