Health Tips

GENERAL HEALTH

When visiting Nepal one should be aware of the health and safety concerns. Due to the varied and different climate and weather, taking care of one’s health becomes a top priority. Practicing hygienic habits, choosing good restaurants and teahouses, and being aware of one’s surroundings helps to prevent and ward off illness or adverse situation that may come from traveling to a foreign land.

Stomach issues are one of the more common problems among tourists visiting Nepal. Normally most bodies adjust quickly and a mild case of tummy trouble can be waited out without the need for medication. We live in the age of mega-antibiotics, which do great jobs at clearing up more severe problems (consult with your doctor at home before travelling). Your doctor at home can check and administer the proper shots before your departure. Certain immunizations are crucial. Most countries put up travel advisory for their citizens recommending health tips. Your heath is your concern and you must be vigilant and take precautionary measures. For common safety tips, please contact Trek Nepal.

AMS (ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS)

Some degree of altitude sickness may occasionally occur at or around 3,000m+. Trek Nepal Int’l take a great care for its guests by providing proper attention to high altitude acclimatization measures. All of Trek Nepal Int’l guides are experienced to respond quickly to dictate and treat any high altitude symptoms and take necessary steps to overcome it, including carrying out immediate rescue and helicopter evacuation if needed. All travellers to Nepal are compulsorily required to have travel insurance that includes helicopter evacuation and health emergency.

LOCAL CLINIC

The medical infrastructure in Nepal is very limited and concentrated in urban areas. Kathmandu does hold a world renowned tropical diseases and travel medicine clinic called CIWEC HOSPITAL ( http://www.ciwec-clinic.com) which is a private clinic run by Nepali and international medical staff. The charges for their services are relatively higher than other hospitals in Nepal.

FOOD AND DRINKING

In all our treks and adventures, we boil or sterilize our drinking water. We DO NOT supply plastic bottled water and do not recommend leaving plastic waste in mountain areas. We adhere to the environmental code of discouraging disposing non-biodegradable containers or wrappers in natural settings. All water should be regarded as potentially contaminated. Water used for drinking, brushing teeth or making ice should have first been boiled or sterilized. Milk is unpasteurized and should be boiled. Powdered or tinned milk is available and highly advised. Avoid dairy products likely to have been made from un-boiled milk. Only eat well-cooked meat and fish. Vegetables should be cooked and fruit peeled.