Cautions For You in Tibet

1.Since there is a big temperature difference between day and night in Tibet and the temperature in the morning and night is below normal, so you should keep warm. Normally, the temperature will drop 6 centigrade while increasing each 100 meters of altitude. You should take a sweater or a coat with you even in summer for you will feel cold if you stay in the dark temple for a long time. It is also very important for you to keep your body dry.

2.Take a sunhat and a pair of sunglasses with you since the strong sunlight and the harsh ultraviolet will do a great harm to your eyes. There is a lot of snow and ice in Tibet, they will reflect a strong sunshine, when your eyes are exposed to the sunlight in a sunny day there is a strong likelihood to cause a snow-blind. So be sure to take your goggles or a pair of good sunglasses which can filter out ultraviolet with you when you are spending your days above the snow line. The snow-blind can cause temporary blind; there are some mild signs and symptoms: light sensitivity and blinking, headaches and sore, red inflamed and weeping eyes. If you catch a snow-blind, rinse your eyes thoroughly with eye drops, and cover your eyes with a patch or stay in darkness. Code wraps can do a good to your eyes, and have a good rest is also very important. A good rest and an enjoyable environment can relive the snow-blind in time and usually it will take 5-7 days to recover.

3.There is a great dust and bad sanitary conditions in Tibet, so the use of contact lenses is inadvisable. If you have to wear the contact lenses, you can take the one-off contact lenses into your consideration. You can get the contact lenses in Lhasa and there is no much difference in its price compared with the inland.

4.The dry climate on the plateau will cause nosebleeds and dry lip problems for some of the visitors. You can often see visitors leaving Lhasa with burn nose and cheeks at the Gongga Airport. So take your sunscreen, lip gloss and body lotions with you.

5.Take some nose topical ointment and frost lozenge will help you to ease the discomfort caused by the dry climate.

6.The following medicines are commended to be carried: American ginseng lozenge, Aspirin, Bezoar detoxify piece, Laryngitis pill, Vitamin C, eye drops, anti-inflammatory drugs and bandage.

7.Two small medicine boxes are commended to be carried: put the bigger one into your rucksack, and take the smaller one with you.

8.Keep yourself from a heatstroke since the sunshine on the plateau is very terrible, especially when you have a lot of outdoor activities. So you should take some medicines such as the cool and refreshing oil with you and drink plenty of water when you have a plan to travel on the plateau. If there is someone catches a heatstroke, first, you should move him to the cool and ventilate place, elevate his head and shoulders and make him lie down. Then take off his coat and wet his underwear with water. You should also keep fanning him and mopping his body with cold towel. When he is awake, you should give him drinking water.

The following people are unsuited to travel to Tibet:

There is a detectable illness in the heart, lungs, brain, liver or kidneys. The ones have a severe anemia or a high blood pressure. If you had never been to the plateau, you'd better have a complete physical examination.

The people suffered a physical illness or a severe anemia is poor in adapting the plateau environment, and their risk of suffering an acute high altitude disease is much higher than the other ones. If they stayed too long on the plateau they are easier to suffer a chronic mountain sickness than the others. At the same time, since the body has to adapt itself to the plateau environment, the activities of the liver, heart, lungs, and kidneys will be augmented, and there will be a heavier burden for them. Once they get uncomfortable, their illness will be exasperated.

If you don't know whether you can take a tour to Tibet, you'd better ask some advices from some experienced doctors and make your decision after a delicate thinking.