Liaoning Provincial People's Hospital cardiology department director Hou Aijie prompted that the elderly in the travel on the way to a sudden cardiovascular disease, there are many examples of accidents, so the elderly long-distance travel must pay more attention.

Hou Aijie introduced, from a medical point of view, difficult to control hypertension, unstable angina, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within 1 month after the disease, stroke 2 weeks after the disease, renal insufficiency and other patients are not suitable for long-distance travel, in addition, the more serious respiratory diseases, such as emphysema, pulmonary heart disease, acute attack patients, is also not suitable for long-distance travel.

So, the elderly out of travel before the trip is best to do a physical examination, to understand whether they are suitable for travel, is suitable for short-distance travel or long-distance travel. In addition, some people with chronic diseases should seek medical consent, according to their own physical conditions, careful selection of travel routes, it is best to pick travel less intense, less physical consumption of the project, but also should pay attention to the climate of the travel destination, altitude and other conditions, should not choose the temperature difference between the region too large.

Hou Aijie introduced, the elderly before traveling, should be under the guidance of the doctor to prepare enough medication, in order to prevent the recurrence of old illnesses during the trip. Those who suffer from chronic diseases should obtain a doctor's consent, do not forget to take the usual medicines before going out, and pay attention to take medicines in a timely manner.

Hou Aijie suggests that on the road, in terms of food and drink should choose light food, but to ensure that the appropriate protein. Vegetables and fruits should be eaten more often to prevent constipation; drink more water, and should also drink some drinks containing salt to replenish the body's water and salt loss.

In addition, to avoid excessive fatigue. When climbing mountains, we should do what we can to avoid overwork, aggravate the burden on the heart, causing the recurrence of old illnesses. Spring travel season, the climate is changing, so the spring tour does not reduce clothing, but also bring rain gear, in case of unforeseen winds and clouds, so that the body is cold. Sometimes a small respiratory infection may induce a heart attack, or make it worse, leading to sudden cardiac death and other tragedies.

See what medicines you need to bring when you travel

"May Day" trip, it is inevitable to encounter some minor illnesses and injuries, so it is essential to bring a small bag of medicine with you when you go out. China Medical University Hospital of Pharmacy Department of Clinical Pharmacist Zhang Wei introduced, go out, all kinds of drugs do not have to be all ready, should be prepared according to their own situation.

Types of drugs Role and precautions

Motion sickness medicine

Taking half an hour before traveling by car, boat or airplane can avoid dizziness, vomiting and other reactions, and can be taken once every four hours if needed. No more than 4 tablets in 24 hours.

Paracetamol

For colds, fever, headache, neuralgia and arthralgia, etc., the dosage should not be more than 2 grams per day, and each course of treatment should not be more than 10 days, and it is forbidden to be taken by children under 3 years old.

Vitamin C Yin Qiao Tablets

For influenza, fever, headache and cough, limb lassitude, throat redness and swelling. Banlangen Punch For colds, upper respiratory tract infections and pharyngitis. Huanglianxin Treat red eye, bacillary dysentery, acute gastroenteritis and other diseases. 2% iodine tincture When the skin has a small abrasion timely rubbing, to prevent inflammation. Tincture of 2% iodine Apply when there is a small scratch on the skin to prevent inflammation. Yunnan Baiyao For bruises and injuries and internal and external bleeding and blood stasis and swelling. Band-Aid

When there are cuts and puncture wounds on the fingers with only a little bleeding, it can protect the wounds.

Drinking more yogurt on the way to travel can prevent diarrhea

Outside travel, along the way because of improper diet, long-distance fatigue and other reasons, it is easy to gastrointestinal discomfort. Wang Yueqin, director of gastroenterology at Shenyang Fifth People's Hospital, introduced that some gastrointestinal discomfort can not be solved by eating a diarrhea medicine, we must identify the situation and treat it differently.

Be careful of digestive diseases

Wang Yueqin introduced the most common first out of the travel is acute gastroenteritis, one because of long-distance travel fatigue, so that people's immunity to decline; the second is to go out to eat easy to eat contaminated food, and thus will be brought into the digestive tract, resulting in intestinal microbial infections caused by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.

In addition to acute gastroenteritis, the journey also has to beware of acute cholecystitis, pancreatitis. Because travelers can't avoid getting together with friends and drinking, these factors can easily lead to acute cholecystitis and acute pancreatitis, which often manifests itself as pain in the right upper abdomen, left upper abdomen, nausea, vomiting, fever, diarrhea, and so on.

People who are usually in poor physical condition, such as the elderly, children, especially those who usually have basic gastrointestinal diseases, such as peptic ulcer, chronic colitis, chronic cholecystitis and other diseases of the patient to go out on a long trip is more likely to induce the occurrence of gastrointestinal disorders and reoccurring, this group of people need to pay extra attention.

The past did not use the drug as much as possible

Wang Yueqin introduced, once the gastrointestinal discomfort, only mild nausea, vomiting or diarrhea can be moderate application of self-prepared drugs. If the medication does not improve or fever, dizziness and other symptoms should be immediately to the local hospital, because some digestive diseases, such as acute cholecystitis, pancreatitis, severe diarrhea and other dangerous, such as the consequences of failure to timely consultation is very serious.

In terms of medication, it is important to pay attention to the contraindications of the medication, such as allergies to some medications that can never be used, and for those who are prone to allergies or have not used the medication in the past, it is important to try not to use it. When the symptoms are mild, try to improve the diet to adjust, do not have to prefer antibiotics.

Wang Yueqin introduced, the most effective way to prevent diarrhea is to drink more lactic acid drinks, such as yogurt, drink 1 to 2 bags a day, if not the occurrence of food impurity and other special circumstances, basically unlikely to diarrhea.

Take the plane to be alert to the economy class syndrome

If you choose to take the plane for a long trip during the "May Day" period, you have to be careful about a kind of disease you are not familiar with -- the economy class syndrome. Shenyang Mental Health Hospital, Zhao Hong introduced, economy class syndrome is a phlebitis, because of the long time sitting in a narrow and crowded space caused by the economy class seats, such as some airplanes, can not move their feet and caused by the calf thrombosis, once the feet move again, the blood clots may be transferred to the heart or lungs, resulting in sudden death.

There have been a number of cases of sudden death in foreign countries due to "economy class syndrome". So if you're flying for more than six hours, you should get up and move around every 40 to 50 minutes, and do some deep breathing and simple stretching exercises. The high-risk group of "economy class syndrome" includes people with diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and other cardiovascular diseases, and these people should be especially careful when traveling.