Sweating, breathing, urination and diarrhea can lead to the loss of body water. In the alpine mountains, because the air is extremely dry, the perspiration of surface is soon evaporating and a large amount of water is discharged through the mouth breathing movement. But it is not often consciously, so that the body dehydration (hypertonic dehydration) symptoms. For the disease and acute mountain sickness caused by high temperature and cold, maintain a good intake of fluid is important prevention measures. Not only can reduce the risk of disease, but also can make the overall physiological function of the climbers greatly enhanced.
Dehydration (hypertonic dehydration)
Symptoms:
(1) mild water deficit :thirsty. Water shortage for the weight of 2~4%.(2)The moderate water deficit: extreme thirst, fatigue, oliguria, urine color deep voiced, dry lips and tongue, irritability, poor skin elasticity, sunken eyes. Water shortage for the weight of 4~6%.
(3)The severe water shortage: in addition to the above symptoms, but also hallucinations, delirium, coma until. Water shortage is about 6% of the weight of the body.
Preventive measures for dehydration:
(1)Drink plenty of water. Drink hot tea can prevent dehydration camp activities, but also can keep warm. Before starting can drink a glass of water, every 30 minutes on the right amount of drinking water (equivalent to a drink). Daily intake of >2000ml/d (camp activity) ~3000ml/d (travel time).
(2)The strenuous exercise can not be high concentration juice or other high concentration liquid (chocolate drinks, cereal etc.) instead of drinking water. Recommendation: drink hot water, tea, juice drinks, low concentration of vit.c effervescent beverage or other sports drinks.
(3)It also needs to eat salty nuts or road food meal, can supple the loss of salt in the body.
(4)The drinking water must be distributed on the way, fully consider the return of drinking water and emergency response.
(5)It can not eat ice, prevent frostbite of oropharynx.
The treatment of dehydration of the body:
(1)drink water. First consider drinking low concentrations of glucose water or other sugary drinks. When necessary, the intravenous infusion of fluid can be used.
(2)Appropriate supplement of salt (oral infusion of salt granules) and vitamin.
(3)The hot liquid (juice, chocolate) or semi liquid (Rice porridge, cereal or noodles), supplement the body energy. If the patient is thirsty to alleviate, the mood is gradually smooth, begin micturition to prompt the condition gets better. Lucid, answer to the question, urine clear prompt dehydration have been corrected.
