If you have this problem, climbing a mountain is equivalent to throwing your life away!

Mountain climbing is an outdoor sport and also an aerobic exercise, which requires physical strength and power. Mountain climbing has comprehensive fitness benefits and is less dangerous. But there are some people who are not suitable for mountain climbing. Let’s take a look at who they are.

1. Some patients with chronic diseases should not climb mountains

In addition to patients with chronic diseases such as heart disease and hypertension, patients with some chronic diseases such as joint pain, chronic nephritis, kidney disease, blood disease, chronic bronchitis, cor pulmonale, diabetes with complications, gout, lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, rheumatic diseases, cirrhosis, etc. should also not climb mountains. Even when climbing a mountain, patients with chronic diseases should climb slowly and not force themselves to reach the top.

2. Middle-aged people who do not exercise often should not suddenly participate in a large number of mountaineering activities.

Middle-aged people are a special group, shouldering the double burden of work and family. They are busy with their careers and lives, seldom exercise, and have poor physical fitness and tolerance. If they suddenly go mountain climbing, their activities will increase sharply, and their physical load will suddenly increase, which can easily induce cardiopulmonary diseases.

3. Elderly people with weak constitutions and patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should not climb mountains

The functions of various organs in the elderly are declining. Mountain climbing is a sport that consumes a lot of oxygen and exerts a lot of physical energy. Mountain climbing for the elderly will increase the burden on the heart and induce disease. People with chronic coronary artery insufficiency are particularly unsuitable for mountain climbing.

4. Patients with joint diseases should not climb mountains

For example, patients with lumbar spinal stenosis shift their center of gravity backward when going downhill, causing the lumbar spinal canal to become narrower than usual, aggravating the symptoms of low back and leg pain. People with osteoporosis suffer from calcium deficiency, which leads to decreased coordination of nerves, muscles, ligaments and joints, and they can easily sprain their ankles or get cramps when going downhill. When elderly people with poor joints climb mountains, the extra load on the knee joints will aggravate the wear of cartilage and even damage bones, resulting in joint swelling, pain and other discomfort symptoms.