Mountain climbing common disease treatment methods

When we are outdoors, there will be some diseases. At this time we will need some experience to deal with. Here I will introduce some common disease treatment methods.

However, some of the diseases that may occur during the mountaineering are not only found in mountainous areas but also in the plains. However, they are commonly seen in mountaineering and are therefore known as common diseases in mountaineering. It includes frostbite, snow blindness, sun dermatitis, oral herpes, upper respiratory tract infections, nosebleeds, gastrointestinal disorders, acne, and the like.

Common disease treatment methods in mountaineering

(1) Alpine Frostbite

Among the common diseases in mountaineering, the incidence of frostbite is high, especially among athletes who participated in the mountain climbing for the first time. The lack of practical experience for novices, coupled with the heightening of the mountain reaction during the first climb, makes it easy to avoid freezing.

Alpine frostbite has a significant relationship with hypoxia. Hypoxia can cause physical weakness, mental decline, and circulatory disturbances in the body, especially on the limbs, so that the ability to resist coldness is greatly reduced. For those with hypoxemic maladaptation, the incidence of frostbite is higher.

Alpine frostbite is also related to altitude. The higher the altitude, the lower the temperature and the higher the wind speed, the higher the incidence of frostbite. The site where frostbite occurred was the largest number of limbs and face.

Alpine frostbite can be divided into 4 degrees: 1 degree lesions in the epidermis, manifested as erythema; 2 degrees of invasion of the dermis, blisters, swelling; 3 degrees of invasive and subcutaneous; 4 degrees of invasive muscles and bones, mainly manifested as necrosis.

Patients with 1 degree and 2 degrees are easy to cure; those with 3 degrees are likely to be cured, and some tissues may also be lost; those with 4 degrees need to lose their frostbite tissue (requires surgical resection).

After the frostbite, it should be treated at the base camp for a period of time. Do not send it too quickly to a high temperature area. Otherwise, the affected area is susceptible to ulceration and infection.

Treatment: 1 Massage the site where there was no spasm. 2 Closed in the concentric end of frozen limbs with procaine. 3 Withdraw the blister fluid. 4 not broken skin external application of traditional Chinese medicine Mulberry parasitic paste. 5 Soak in hot water (about 40°C) as soon as possible. 6 infrared therapy. In the early stage of frostbite, conservative treatment was used to remove necrotic tissue after the formation of the demarcation line. In conservative treatment, attention should be paid to controlling infection, improving local circulation, and timely surgical treatment.