AP Nigeria

Altitude in your travel “altitude sickness” means a series of symptoms we suffer to overcome a higher altitude to 3,000 meters, if it is done gradually, or more than 2,500 if we do so sudden.

The cause of this “evil” is the lack of oxygen that reaches our fabrics. It can also cause us alterations cold temperatures that often accompany these places, and the difficulty posed by physical activity due to the pressure.

Symptoms do not appear immediately, often make patent from 4 to 8 hours after our arrival, and tend to be the following: headache, difficulty sleeping, lack of appetite, dizziness, nausea, and extreme fatigue.

To avoid these problems, the most important thing is to try to gradually get used to the altitude. Not to promote of quickly. If it has not done so, can the body gets used to the stage in a few hours, or may even be necessary to leave the place to stop suffering them, because occasionally there may be consequences really serious as pulmonary or cerebral edema involving the performance of medical specialists.

Dangerously high areas to visit immediately:

ASIA: Sining (China) 2. 240mts, Srinagar (India) 1. 800mts, Lhasa (Tibet) 3. 600mts, Sanaa (Yemen) 2,175.
AMERICA: Bogotá (Colombia) 2. 600mts, Cuzco (Peru) 3. 200mts, peace (Bolivia) 4. 200mts, Quito (Ecuador) 2. 850mts.
AFRICA: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 2. 400mts, Johannesburg (South Africa) 1. 725mts, Nairobi (Kenya) 1. 600mts.