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nathalie
 Date: 01/14/2003 08:33 am

i am planning on going to peru in august, can you tell me anything about altitude sickness, apparently some people die of it, very scary really... i mean, how bad is it over there ?

thanks,
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 Re: altitude sickness
anónimo
 Date: 01/14/2003 11:40 am

HI NATHALIE !!
WELL THE ALTITUDE IS NOT REALLY A BIG PRBLEM .
IF YOU WANT , WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT .
YOU CAN WRITE ME AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT PERU
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mathias
 Date: 01/16/2003 06:01 am

Nathalie , better is to be acclimated with altitude.
Once you get to Cuzco for example , the first day you have to live slowly , to walk slowly and take deep breathes.
It depends on people and their physiology but we could say that 3 days at least are necessary to be acclimated with high altitude.
IF you have headaches or other sickness , take medicine and particulary Diamox .
Sorochi pills are also selled by local drugstores.
Ask for "medicina contra el malo de altura " in spanish .
mathias
martymat_m@yahoo.com
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 Re: altitude sickness
nathalie
 Date: 01/16/2003 06:43 am

thanks very much mathias. great tips there.
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 Re: altitude sickness
mathias
 Date: 01/16/2003 07:32 am

You are welcome
Mathias
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