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Can you take a mountain holiday when you suffer from heart disease? There are effects and health risks that not everyone knows about.
The mountain is a wonderful and at the same time dangerous place, where you rise and come into contact with nature, but where you must also be careful not to move superficially. An unwritten – but extremely rigorous – rule that concerns everyone, even more so those suffering from heart disease.
On the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital website, professor Alberto Margonatohead of the San Raffaele cardiology operational unit as well as full professor of cardiology at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.
The expert cardiologist reminds you how to do physical activity in the mountains and reach the peaks it can have negative effects for hypertensives and heart patients. Which is why those with high blood pressure need to be even more careful than others. So can those suffering from heart disease go on holidays in the mountains?
Holidays in the mountains and heart disease, what are the health risks
The problems for patients suffering from heart problems mainly arise from increased pressure. This is why it is not recommended to climb beyond what is permitted and to follow some small rules of conduct, such as eating well and staying warm, and do medical checks before leaving for the mountains.
The mountains can prove very treacherous for heart sufferers – biopianeta.it
In fact, as you rise in altitude, the concentration of oxygen tends to decrease. Also the cold is no friend to those with heart problems, as it constricts arteries and coronary arteries, increasing pressure. This means favor episodes of ischemia, especially in those who are already predisposed. Furthermore, once you exceed 1,500 meters of altitude – and even more so after 2,000 meters – the pressure increases.
The expert recommends avoid altitudes for patients with unstable forms of ischemia or severe heart failure. However, a patient with well-controlled hypertension, non-serious coronary disease, mild heart failure (class I and II) and optimal blood pressure can go to the mountains.
However, these patients will have to adopt some fundamental precautions such as cover yourself very well, especially the chest and mouth, try to get your body used to the height without sudden changes in altitude. It is also necessary avoid eating fatty and very salty foods, alcohol and any kind of food that increases blood pressure. It will go then avoided – or limited to a minimum – physical exercise, definitely preferring walking to running. In general, if possible it is better to stay below 2,000 meters above sea level.
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