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...

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...

exercise performance at high altitudes. However, its overall efficacy is not clear. Sildenafil has been studied for high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), but...

adapting to altitude is vital for performance and safety. Higher altitudes mean reduced oxygen levels, which can lead to altitude sickness if proper acclimatization...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

permanently at altitudes above 2,500 meters (8,200 ft), which would seem to put these populations at risk for chronic mountain sickness (CMS). However...

failure, liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, trauma, alcoholism, altitude sickness, pregnancy, hypertension, sickle cell anemia, a compromised lymphatic...

Mountain sickness can refer to: Altitude sickness or acute mountain sickness, a pathological condition that is caused by acute exposure to low air pressure...

only 27 completed the shoot, as several members were affected by altitude sickness and other ailments, requiring treatment in Kathmandu. The production...

due to altitude sickness. Altitude training can produce slow recovery due to the stress of hypoxia. Exposure to extreme hypoxia at altitudes above 16...

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

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

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

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

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