Altitude of 1450 meters has an effect on patients with pneumothorax.
Patients with pneumothorax are themselves suffering from dyspnea, hypoxia, and other symptoms, with accumulated gas in the lungs, and the body’s own blood oxygen saturation is relatively low. If a patient with pneumothorax goes to a high altitude plateau environment, it will make the body even more chest tightness and shortness of breath, accompanied by headache, fatigue and other symptoms.
Because the oxygen content of the plateau is relatively low, the low oxygen content may cause the aggravation of the condition of pneumothorax, resulting in even lower oxygen content of the blood oxygen. If the body of the patient with pneumothorax lacks oxygen, it will cause chest tightness and shortness of breath, dyspnea symptoms.
In conclusion, patients with pneumothorax should pay attention to the maintenance of the body.