A DECALOGUE to PREVENT SOROCHE, the ANDEAN ALTITUDE SICKNESS
01. Progressive approach to high altitude, with regular stops of adaptation, particularly sleeping at intermediate elevations.
02. Arriving by air from sea level to high altitude, one must avoid, since the beginning of the journey, to take heavy and/or abundant meals, carbonated drinks, Coca Cola, coffee, cigarettes; it’s advisable to drink one or two cups of infusion of Coca, the mate de Coca, very hot and concentrated, with a few drops of lemon juice; It’s good to eat some candies or toffees with Coca, when available.
03. Arriving to the altitude the first day, one must rest and sleep as much as possible.
Grazie, grazie, cara Ruth, per essere entrata con interesse e tempestività nel cerchio della "sagradacocaverde", apportando anche la preziosa testimonianza…