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altitude sickness: see decompression sickness decompression sickness, physiological disorder caused by a rapid decrease in atmospheric pressure, resulting in the release of nitrogen bubbles into the body tissues. It is also known as caisson disease, altitude sickness, and the bends. ..... Click the link for more information. . altitude sicknessor mountain sicknessAcute reaction to a change from low altitudes to altitudes above 8,000 ft (2,400 m). Most people gradually adapt, but some have a severe reaction that can be fatal unless they return to low altitude. Normal adaptations to the reduced oxygen at high altitude (e.g., breathlessness, racing heartbeat) are exaggerated; other manifestations include headache, gastrointestinal upsets, and weakness. Pulmonary edema is quickly reversed with oxygen and evacuation to a lower area. |
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And he has managed to avoid the altitude sickness that can go
along with it. It is used
to treat such ailments as altitude sickness (La Paz is at an altitude of
4,000m) and colds, and is also brewed as tea and chewed during the day. Whenever I would have to sit down to breathe through an oxygen
mask (we were working at nearly fifteen thousand feet), she would bring
me coca tea to combat my altitude sickness. |
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