re altitude adjustment in article mdavcr mda ca vida mdavcr mda ca vida morkunas writes i live at sea level and am called upon to travel to high altitude cities quite frequently on business the cities in question are at to feet of altitude one of them especially is very polluted mexico city bogota la paz often i feel faint the first two or three days i feel lightheaded and my heart seems to pound a lot more than at sea level also it is very dry in these cities so i will tend to drink a lot of water and keep away from dehydrating drinks such as those containing caffeine or alcohol thing is i still have symptoms how can i ensure that my short trips there no i don t usually have a week to acclimatize are as comfortable as possible is there something else that i could do go three days early preliminary acclimatization takes days it takes weeks or months for full acclimatization could you be experiencing some jet lag too
