While traveling in Tibet may seem fun and blood-pumping, but it is not without risks. First and foremost, for those first time travelers to Tibet, the altitude sickness is unavoidable and it can be annoying if you do not know how to handle it.

Which Reactions You May Get
With an altitude of 3000 meters above the sea, Tibet is known as the plateau region. Characterized by low air pressure, the concentration of oxygen in air is also low, easily leading to human hypoxia, caused by altitude sickness, such as acute mountain sickness, high altitude pulmonary edema, high altitude cerebral edema. When walking into the plateau 3000 meters above the sea you may have a headache, dizziness, palpitations, shortness of breath and other reactions. You may also go through loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, fatigue, abdominal distension, chest tightness. The mild cyanosis on lips and facial edema are known as acute mountain sickness. When entering the plateau for the first time, people will feel a feeling of chest tightness, shortness of breath, breathing difficulties and other symptoms of hypoxia, but no serious symptoms. But this does not mean you cannot adapt to the plateau, if we can properly deal with them, our balance system will take 3 to 7 days to adjust well to adapt to the new environment.

Useful Tips for Alleviating Sickness Reactions
When first entering the plateau, do not eat or drink too much, so as not to increase the burden on the digestive organs, which can well adapt to the environment. Better not drink wine and smoke. You should eat more vegetables, fruits rich in vitamins and other substances and drink a large number of water, the more the better, as long as you can bear. Do not walk fast or even run; and do not engage in any labor; best rest half a day before heading out on journey; sleep early the first night. Right from getting off the plane, a lot of people do not feel altitude sickness, then they will be opinionated, as a result, symptoms appear at night and it was too late. Avoid catching a cold as much as possible. Cold is one of the main causes for acute high altitude pulmonary edema. Plateau temperature difference is particularly steep, very easy to catch a cold, remember this, you should wear more layers of clothes.

With these above-mentioned tips in mind, you will get rid of the altitude sickness soon and enjoy journey to its fullest!