2023-10-15 02:33:25
However, several very popular travel destinations should be avoided if you have a baby with you, doctors say.
Indeed, more than 100 doctors and pediatricians working in the French Alps were questioned about the advice they would provide to parents wishing to take their young child to sites located at altitude.
Their observation is clear: a child under two years old should not be more than 2000 meters above the mother’s level.
A baby less than a month old should not go to a place more than 1200 meters high.
For a toddler aged 1 to 3 months, the recommended limit is 1500 meters, while this increases to 1600 meters for any child under one year old.
Being at high altitude increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Additionally, young children with respiratory infections are also at risk of not receiving enough oxygen.
Here are 10 destinations to avoid if you have a young child with you:
– Ben Nevis, Scotland: 1350 m
– Great Wall of China: 1440 m
– Nairobi, Kenya : 1730 m
– Johannesburg, South Africa: 1750 m
– Tignes, France : 2100 m
– Santa Fe, New Mexico: 2130 m
– Mexico City, Mexico: 2200 m
– Val Thorens, France : 2300 m
– Machu Picchu, Peru: 2430 m
– La Paz, Bolivia: 3500 m
– Teide, Tenerife (Spain): 3720 m
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