Outdoor sports, long bumpy rides and sweating, at this time, the body’s anti-epidemic ability and resistance will drop rapidly, and various diseases will take the opportunity to enter. So, what are the common travel diseases? What are the symptoms? Is there any way to cure it?
Cold
Symptoms: nasopharyngeal dryness, itching, nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, sore throat, headache, backache , fatigue, loss of appetite, and some have diarrhea, constipation, fever, etc. Colds are divided into “flu”, “cold”, “cold” and so on.
Medications: For mild cases, drink Ganmao Granules, Ganmaotong, Ganmao Capsules, Yinqiao Jiedu Pills, Lingqiao Jiedu Pills and other medicines. For severe cases, go to the hospital or the nearest medical center for medical treatment.
Diarrhea
This is a “travel disease”, usually associated with travel diets. The patient should rest in bed, stop eating for six to twelve hours, and drink more vegetable soup and light salt water. Vomiting and diarrhea can take atropine, berberine or dysentery. Avoid eating unclean food, drink boiled water and eat fresh dishes.
Heatstroke
It is divided into heat stroke and heat cramp. Symptoms: Headache, dizziness, tinnitus, nausea, vomiting, restlessness, convulsions in severe cases, respiratory and cardiac dysfunction.
Prevention: You should try to avoid activities under the hot sun and wear a sun hat and sunglasses.
Treatment: Apply warm water to the head, gradually apply cold water, ice packs or showers if conditions permit, take Rendan, ten drops of water or scraping for mild cases, and send to the hospital in time for severe cases.
Altitude sickness
Symptoms: dizziness, headache, palpitations, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, abdominal distension, chest tightness in severe cases, Facial swelling, mild cyanosis of lips, etc. Most people can be relieved after rest. In severe cases, sedatives such as phenobarbital and bromine and aminophylline can be taken to be alert to the precursor symptoms of pulmonary edema and high altitude coma. In acute lack of itching, some oxygen can be inhaled.
Wounds
Closed wounds, contusions, sprains, open wounds, abrasions, stab wounds, cuts, lacerations, etc.
Treatment: Larger open wounds require a physician for surgical debridement and comprehensive examination. Small open wounds should be rinsed with sterile saline (or clean water on the spot) to remove foreign bodies in the wound, and then apply red mercury to the wound, and then cover the wound with sterile gauze or cover the area with adhesive tape. wound bonding. If there is external bleeding and subcutaneous bleeding, the bleeding can be stopped by pressing with fingers or dressings, and fixed with a bandage; for pain, indomethacin, parotid pain, etc. can be used. For closed contusions and sprains, a variety of pain relief ointments, wound dampness ointments, and anti-inflammatory ointments can be applied locally and externally, and hot compresses, physiotherapy, massage, and massage can be applied.
Venomous snake bites
Whether it is poisonous: If there are two particularly thick and deep tooth marks on the top of the two rows of tooth marks, it means that the snake bites Bite; if it is only a row of serrated “eight”-shaped tooth marks, it means that it was bitten by a non-venomous snake.
Treatment: No special treatment is required after the bite of a non-venomous snake, just wrap the wound with red mercury and tincture of iodine. Make a ring ligation of 5 cm, loosen the belt
for 1-2 minutes every half an hour, and try to remove the venom in the wound at the same time. It is best to wash the wound with hydrogen peroxide or 0.1% potassium permanganate to destroy the venom. Use salt water or clean raw water instead. After rinsing, use a sterilized small dao or a blade to cut the skin between the two fang marks, and then squeeze with your fingers. In an emergency, you can directly suck the wound with your mouth, spit it out immediately after sucking, and rinse your mouth with water. , But for those with caries, oral mucosa or lips damage, this method is forbidden to avoid poisoning, and medication should be taken as soon as possible: take 80-90 lobels of lobelia orally, smash lobelia and realgar together, make a slurry for external application, and change it once a day. Good snake medicines include: Zhanjiang snake medicine, Nantong snake medicine, Guangzhou snake medicine, snake bite detoxification tablets, etc.