What Is Trek Fever And How to Avoid It

Have you ever fallen sick after a high altitude trek? Maybe you got a fever and general fatigue that lasted 2-3 days? This is what we call Trek Fever. We recently did a survey and learnt that nearly 38% trekkers face this after returning from a high altitude trek. With such a high number, it’s a problem that needs to be addressed.
To begin with, going on a high altitude trek isn’t natural for your body. You’re constantly battling unfamiliar temperatures, terrain, and altitude. You’re putting your body through a rigorous regime every day for almost a week.
When your trek ends, your body’s immune system is at its lowest. The moment you get off the hills, the pollution, grime, bacteria, and viruses in the air are almost waiting gleefully to attack you. And they do. Your body, with its diminished charge, doesn’t have the strength to fight off the bad elements. Invariably, most trekkers fall sick. They get a bout of flu, sometimes even typhoid and jaundice.
There are three things you can do to avoid trek fever. Watch the whole video to learn how to avoid Trek Fever.
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[@naveengupta5314]

I clicked this video thinking that Trek fever means the urge to go for a trek again and again.

[@anonymous-in5hg]

Exactly that's what I thought.

[@deepthisrinivasan3633]

Me too 😂🙌🏽

[@CasualBiker]

😂😂😂 Makes complete sense!

[@VinaySanathan]

Exactly what I thought lol.🤣🤣🤣

[@dushyantverma511]

Hahhahha

[@mainaksarkar09]

Thank you for discussing this aspect & glad to hear the previous background tune back ! I really love this tune.. Please don't change it. Indiahikes, trek with Swati, and this particular tune together makes it really very exciting..

[@jhonyermo]

Great video. So happy I subscribed. Thanks !

[@rashmideshpande6343]

After my first trek, we had decided to go sight seeing, in Delhi. Until we reach delhi, i was fine, i was eating healthy, but we just came to our hotel, and I was sleeping like a log. That's when I came to know I couldn't wake up at all and I realized I had fever. We immediately cancelled our sightseeing. I rested for a day taking paracetamol, and was fine the next day. Thanks for this video, it explains everything and it's not very uncommon.

[@KshitijKV]

Great channel. Need more content like this.

[@Tripgully]

Great tips!

[@sitangshupal3944]

Very very useful for me. Thank you

[@meera1860]

Very very informative

[@aniketgurav1074]

I did not know that there is something called trek fever. I went on a trek and fell sick after returning. I assumed that it was because some other random reasons. Thank you very much for this video.

[@amrishlp]

Good Info swathi👍

[@roadnottaken2780]

Thanks for this video. I only had severe headaches few times during my second high altitude trek. I took paracetamols.

[@somnathde8680]

Good subject. 👍

[@sanjaysbhargava27]

Very nice info 👍 thanks and good wishes from Bhopal

[@joydipsen5181]

Thanks IndiaHikes for the wonderful videos. Recently I went to Dalhousie and there we went to a view point named Dain Kund. It's roughly 1.5km of steep walking(cant say trekking for such smaller diatance) uphills and the jaw dropping view of Dhauladhar range made me decide to do trekking. I then searched for informations and your channel is next to an encyclopedia of trekking. May be I will do my first trek with you guys and it will be a easy one that you have mentioned in another video. Probably i will go for Nag Tibba. See you there.

[@Indiahikes]

Hi Joy, glad to hear about that. See you on an another trek with us. :)

[@PrinceSHARma-jy9ze]

I always watch here video she is giving every single information thanks for u r information

[@rasikaaa]

I did get fever and weakness as soon as came back to the city! Proper medication and rest helped me to recover.Avoid long travels after trek if possible, like preferring flights over trains.

[@swathichatrapathy1058]

That's a good point, taking a flight instead of a train, much faster. On the contrary, at Indiahikes, within the team, we choose slower trains for overnight journeys so that we don't have to wake up too early. For example, from Dehradun/Haridwar to Delhi, we choose Mussoorie Express instead of Nanda Devi Express while returning so that we can sleep longer. Nanda Devi leaves at around 11.30 pm and reached by 5 am. Mussoorie Express leaves at around 10 pm and reaches at around 8 am. :)

[@naveenkumarsharma2716]

Thanks Swati for some Excellent videos. This one also very helpful, I just had running nose after coming back from Kedarkantha Track yesterday. Which was very easily controlled with Allegra/ Fexofenadine . Today I worked normally at my clinic. Thanks Dr N K Sharma MD Meerut

[@user-px5rm9dy3p]

I did my first trekking to Bagini Glacier with badly common cold .It was in the month of May and the sudden change of temperature from AC coach of train( for 2 days) to Haridwar station and same day reaching to Joshimath .......that crazy change of temperature 🙄 put me in that condition. I think the arrival day at nearest railway station of a trek and the starting point place of trekking should be at least 1 day gap.

[@surjitpuri4839]

India Hikes is doing a commendable job for the adventure lovers by their edn series.IMF and mountaineering Insts need to learn from Indiahikes.

[@MadM0nkey]

Interesting....Never felt it all these years, nor even heard of it. I am guessing probably because I have never skimped on food and water on a trek. I often see a lot of people not eating enough food and especially not drinking enough water while trekking

[@thatokayishguy3455]

Now I know what I am feeling. This is called trek fever. Though I can suffer such fevers again for trekking. It was so much fun 😅

[@vinodkumarsaklani7196]

First ever listening Trek fever.

[@ishani.ghotikar]

Hi Swati and team, thanks for the informative video! I had a doubt - why should we avoid activities like bungee jumping or rafting before our trek?

[@Indiahikes]

They are injury-prone, and you don't want to risk an injury before your trek. :)

[@TrailofBen]

I'm still planning to do them before the trek, cus after the trek i wanna head home peacefully. What about you !

[@anishanayak]

Now when I look back I have had cough and cold after my treks, Never really thought there is something called trek fever, always thought it could be because of the drastic weather change from the mountains to the cities.

[@Indiahikes]

True, it happens almost all the time! And it never really is because of the weather.

[@himalayan006]

Aah! Now I know the reason.

[@Bansalchirag97]

Won't this make trekking during corona more dangerous? With immunity going down after trek?

[@tubeysr]

Also beware of new comers trekking up high quickly.... H.A.P.E. can be fatal if not addressed timely High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a noncardiogenic pulmonary edema which typically occurs in lowlanders who ascend rapidly to altitudes greater than 2500-3000 m.

[@Rahul-ej7xc]

This happened with me when I went to a casual trek last year. It wasn't even high altitude and was more like a jungle treck. Yet I fell sick.

[@Indiahikes]

Oh no.. well now you know how to avoid it. :)

[@Jnpillai]

Momo's ARE JUNK FOOD???!!! HOW DARE YOU! 😡

[@mcoc4823]

How to avoid cold altogether from start and while on a Himalayan trek? As the sudden change in temperature might starting to affect the trekker's body. Any tips on this? One thing is to stay fit from start so that your immune system helps a lot, but me and some of my friends usually catch cold a lot earlier so any tips on that would be really helpful.

[@madhurishaw385]

When on high altitude trek take vit c chewable tablets after breakfast.. I take Limcee chewable vit C

[@AkshatSTR8EDGE]

Serious question here. Are columbia products worth it? Especially their trekking shoes?

[@Indiahikes]

If you're a serious trekker / mountaineer who does treks regularly (much like our Trek Leaders do), then investing so much would make sense. Otherwise, they're not worth that much of an expenditure.

[@pradeepchintalacheruvu1601]

Current 2020 February is Coronavirus season. How safe is it to trek in the very closest state to China like Uttarakhand.. #coronavirus

[@lakhera334]

The cases in Uttrakhand are very less compared to other states . Even though Uttrakhand shares its border with China, it receives almost no Chinese Tourists. Post Monsoon will be a great time for planning your trek.

[@sfoeric]

Time to take some Vick’s NyQuill immediately after you complete your trek so you stay healthy afterwards.

[@adimodi89]

Do you see significantly higher water retention in your body after a trek? I and my wife both felt so after bhrigu lake. BTW 04:35 That is a really big spoon to eat with! 😜😂

[@swathichatrapathy1058]

In fact, you do. I have experienced edema after my trek too, where my face, feet, etc swell up for a couple of days. Again, it's quite normal and will go away on it's own. And wow. How on earth did you notice that spoon!

[@adimodi89]

@@swathichatrapathy1058 Probably because you are so lean that everything looks XL! And when I got back to humid Mumbai, everybody in my yoga class was astounded with the amount of sweat pouring out of me!

[@faizanbagwan6963]

Trek fever is having even more of a mental impact nowadays as we get afraid that we have caught Covid...

[@sapankaria]

I didn't face any issues until I reached back to crowded Mumbai. It started with cough and then fever. I was wondering if this was ASS (Acute Sealevel Sickness) 🤣 Anyways, this video really helps, will try avoiding junk food, take ample rest and hopefully will be fine soon.

[@zealcrew9217]

There is one more thing home sickness during trek🤣