What should I pay attention to when climbing a mountain?

Mountain climbing is a popular outdoor sport in recent years. Many people often invite three or five friends or family members to go hiking outdoors on weekends or during breaks, breathe the fresh air outdoors, exercise their bodies, and relieve some pressure from work and study. Mountain climbing is very beneficial to our body, so what do we need to pay attention to when climbing?

Who is not suitable for mountain climbing?

Young people with cardiomyopathy or rheumatic heart disease are not suitable for mountain climbing. Young people who die suddenly often suffer from dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, so people with the two diseases mentioned above should not climb mountains.

Middle-aged people who do not exercise regularly should not suddenly participate in high-intensity mountain climbing activities. Middle-aged people are a special group, shouldering the double burdens of work and family, and being sandwiched between the elderly and children. Middle-aged people are busy with their careers and lives, and their physical fitness, psychological endurance, immune and endocrine functions are declining. In addition, they are too busy to take care of their physical health. They are prone to various diseases, and it is not easy to detect and treat them early. Normally they seldom exercise, but when they suddenly go hiking, they feel they are more flexible and have better physical strength than the elderly, and they tend to climb faster. The increase in activity and the sudden increase in physical load can easily induce cardiopulmonary diseases.

Elderly people with poor physical condition and patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should not go hiking. The functions of various organs in the elderly are declining, and most of them suffer from some chronic diseases to varying degrees. Mountain climbing is an exercise that consumes a lot of oxygen. Elderly people who are preparing to climb mountains must first do some low-intensity exercises to allow for an adaptation period. People who have reached a certain age (women over 50 years old, men over 40 years old) are at high risk of coronary heart disease. People who already suffer from hypertension, coronary heart disease, especially those with chronic coronary artery insufficiency are not suitable for mountain climbing.

Some patients with chronic diseases should not go hiking. Regardless of age, people should not climb mountains, except for those with heart disease and high blood pressure. Some patients with chronic diseases should also not climb mountains. These chronic diseases include joint pain, chronic nephritis, kidney disease, blood diseases, chronic bronchitis, cor pulmonale, diabetes with complications, gout, lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis and other rheumatic diseases, cirrhosis of the liver, etc. Even when climbing a mountain, patients with chronic diseases should climb slowly and not force themselves to reach the top.

Although mountain climbing can effectively exercise our body and is very beneficial to our physical health, there are also many things to pay attention to when climbing. Above we have introduced some precautions when climbing, and we hope that it will be useful to everyone. At the same time, we remind everyone that when choosing a way to exercise, you must choose according to your physical condition.