Porters have accompanied trekkers and climbers to high altitude since the earliest expeditions in the Himalayas. As the existing body of knowledge on high-altitude medicine expands, the focus remains on trekkers or climbers. And published literature on medical problems in the large porter population remains sparse. It is well known that porters working at high altitude in the Nepal Himalayas are often lowland dwellers and are as prone to high-altitude illnesses such as acute mountain sickness, high-altitude pulmonary edema, and high-altitude cerebral edema as the trekkers are. Other illnesses such as diarrhea, respiratory illnesses, and infections also occur in this population. In this review, studies reporting these findings will be discussed along with the local context of socioeconomic barriers to adequate health care for these porters.

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喜马拉雅搬运工的医学问题述评。

自最早的喜马拉雅山脉探险之旅以来，搬运工就一直陪同徒步旅行者和登山者到高空。随着现有的高海拔​​医学知识的扩展，重点仍然放在徒步旅行者或登山者上。而且关于搬运工人数众多的医学问题的公开文献仍然很少。众所周知，在尼泊尔喜马拉雅山高海拔地区工作的搬运工通常是低地居民，与徒步旅行者一样，容易患上高原病，例如急性高山病，高海拔肺水肿和高海拔脑水肿。该人群中还发生其他疾病，例如腹泻，呼吸系统疾病和感染。在这篇综述中，将讨论报告这些发现的研究，以及为这些搬运工提供适当医疗服务的社会经济障碍的当地情况。