Re: [Philmont]: Nosebleeds

It is the lack of humidity. A local doc has hundreds of saline nasal sprays
he hands out for the problem in Breckenridge to the skiers. Some people get
sore throats also. Common ailment among mountains. You see them chewing
zinc lozenges for the sore throat and breathing through a bandana for the
humidity issues. I sleep with a surgical mask at night, seems to help both
when I'm up high.

Jim

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ched Hudson" <chedhudson@verizon.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 6:49 AM
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Nosebleeds

> Mick Meyer (mickmeyer@cox.net) wrote:
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:45 PM
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> I'm curious, did any of the other east coast crews experience
> nose bleeds at Philmont? We had four cases of severe nose bleeds,
> probably due to elevation, exertion and low humidity. A daily
> application of a small amount of triple antibiotic ointment solved
> the problem.
>
> Four scouts in our Virginia crew had nosebleeds during the first half of
our
> trip, one right after descending Pikes Peak on the way to Philmont, and
the
> rest in the vicinity of Baldy. We were giving multivitamins to the scouts,
> and I dosed the bleeders with an extra gram each of vitamin C. Nobody had
a
> repeat episode. I don't know where I picked up that bit of pharmacopoeia,
> but it worked well for us. I never did the Vaseline or antibiotic ointment
> method.
>
>
> >Ched Hudson
> ASM, Troop 994
> Fairfax Station VA
> Philmont 67, 04 (713-M-3)
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