Research progress of traditional Chinese and Western medicine non-pharmacological prevention strategies for acute high altitude disease
10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20231013-00866
- VernacularTitle:急性高原病的中西医非药物预防策略研究进展
- Author:
Li LI
1
;
Peipei LU
;
Zhiwen CAO
;
Bo WEN
;
Shanshan SHEN
;
Zirong WANG
;
Yong TAN
;
Cheng LYU
Author Information
1. 中国中医科学院中医临床基础医学研究所，北京 100700
- Keywords:
Acute high altitude disease;
Modern medicine;
Traditional Chinese medicine;
Prevention strategy;
Non-pharmacological
- From:
Chinese Critical Care Medicine
2024;36(6):669-672
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Acute high altitude disease (AHAD) is a general term for a series of clinical reactions that occur when the body fails to adapt to the low-pressure hypoxic environment of high altitudes. Mild cases can cause symptoms such as headache, nausea and vomiting, while more severe cases can lead to life-threatening conditions such as pulmonary edema, cerebral edema and other critical conditions that can be fatal. With the increasing demand for high altitudes deployment, understanding the common preventive measures of AHAD can reduce its morbidity or mortality to a certain extent, which is of great benefit to those who reside temporarily at high altitudes. In recent years, as people's health awareness has improved, there has been a growing attention towards non-pharmacological methods of disease prevention. At the same time, non-pharmacological therapy has significant therapeutic effects in preventing and treating high-altitude diseases, which has attracted the attention of researchers in this field. This review summarizes the major non-pharmacological preventive components of modern medicine and outlines the current non-pharmacological approaches to AHAD from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, intending to serve clinical purposes and improve the onset and prognosis of AHAD.
