Measures to avoid plateau reaction include two parts: physical and mental preparation before entering the plateau and precautions after entering the plateau.
1. Physical and mental preparation before entering the plateau: including psychological preparation and adaptive exercise.
(1) Psychological preparation: first of all, you need to eliminate the fear of plateau reaction, you can learn about the plateau environment, characteristics and health care knowledge from books or experienced people to improve self-confidence.
(2) Adaptive exercise: Before entering the plateau, adaptive exercise can be carried out, such as hiking, long-distance running, etc., which can increase lung capacity and adaptive ability.
2. Preventive measures after entering the plateau: After entering the plateau, we should pay attention to the gradual and orderly progress, avoid rapid climbing and other behaviors, and at the necessary moment, we can take acetazolamide, dexamethasone and other medicines for prevention within 24 hours before climbing;
Secondly, the plateau temperature is low, the temperature difference between day and night is big, after entering the plateau, we should pay attention to keep warm to avoid upper respiratory tract infection, which induces acute plateau disease.
Once the plateau reaction occurs, pay attention to timely hospital consultation and treatment.