Altitude sickness, the mildest form being acute mountain sickness (AMS), is a harmful effect of high altitude, caused by rapid exposure to low amounts...

sickness caused by a decompression from saturation can occur in decompression or upward excursions from saturation diving, ascent to high altitudes,...

barotrauma, but may cause decompression sickness. Altitude sickness, also known as acute mountain sickness (AMS), altitude illness, hypobaropathy, or soroche...

at high altitude but who develop pulmonary edema after returning from a stay at low altitude. It is severe presentation of altitude sickness. There are...

glaucoma, epilepsy (rarely), idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and altitude sickness. For the reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP), acetazolamide inactivates...

high altitude, where it causes altitude sickness leading to potentially fatal complications: high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and high altitude cerebral...

course of mountain sickness. As prevention, it is started one day before travel to altitude and continued for the first two days at altitude. Acetazolamide...

the low pressures of high altitudes can trigger altitude decompression sickness. The physiological responses to high altitude include hyperventilation...

the province. Medicine has established beyond doubt that altitude sickness is caused by altitude-related oxygen deprivation, centering around the alveolar...

full symptoms thereof. Decompression sickness may also be controlled by a full-pressure suit as for altitude sickness. Barotrauma As the aircraft climbs...

pressure level is not sufficient to sustain human life. Many deaths in high-altitude mountaineering have been caused by the effects of the death zone, either...

examining altitude sickness at Hemkund Sahib found that almost one-third of pilgrims who travelled to Hemkund suffered from Acute Mountain Sickness (a form...

camp for several days for acclimatization, to reduce the risk of altitude sickness. The Everest Base Camp trek on the south side, at an elevation of...

may be adulterated and costly. At high altitudes, the air is thin and contains less oxygen. Acute mountain sickness is possible, whose symptoms include headache...

the higher altitude and enhancing performance when returning to a lower altitude. Mountain climbers can use them to avoid altitude sickness, and athletes...

serious illnesses such as altitude sickness, high altitude pulmonary edema, and high altitude cerebral edema. The higher the altitude, the more likely are...

Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang. While its summit is at a lower altitude than the summit of Mount Everest, it is considered a much harder mountain...

randomized controlled trial found that sumatriptan may be able to prevent altitude sickness. All marketed triptans are available in oral form; some in form of...

leaves has been traditionally used to treat altitude sickness symptoms. Common symptoms of altitude sickness include severe headache, sleep problems, nausea...

complication of COVID-19, and is also known in walking pneumonia, altitude sickness, and rebreather diving. One theory relating to COVID-19 presentation...

high-altitude illnesses at Heidelberg University in Germany, told The New York Times that a sudden loss of consciousness because of mountain sickness would...

breathing the ambient air at high altitudes (above 3048 metres/10,000 feet), the human body experiences altitude sickness and hypoxemia due to a low partial...

at all times due to national park regulations and may experience altitude sickness. Mount Kinabalu is essentially a massive pluton formed from granodiorite...

challenges on the standard route, Everest presents dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, and wind, as well as hazards from avalanches and the Khumbu...

Anne was introduced as a regular competitor. ^Note 4 : Due to severe altitude sickness and concerns over her unborn baby's health, Lee Anne elected to withdraw...

as carrying the pack of a client who is having difficulties from altitude sickness. The appellation is sometimes qualified with expeditions having an...

explore the immediate vicinity of the aircraft but they found that altitude sickness, dehydration, snow blindness, malnourishment and the extreme night-time...

diseases of high altitude. While acute mountain sickness is experienced shortly after ascent to high altitude, chronic mountain sickness may develop only...

enough for humans to function without supplemental oxygen and altitude decompression sickness is rare. The physiological-deficient zone extends from 3,600 m...

permanently at altitudes above 2,500 meters (8,200 sf), putting these populations at risk for chronic mountain sickness (CMS). However, the high-altitude populations...