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altitude sickness
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altitude sickness

Condition resulting from sudden exposure to low atmospheric pressure and reduced oxygen supply found at high altitudes (above 3,000 m/10,000 ft). Symptoms include nausea, breathlessness and exhaustion; with increasing altitude pulmonary and cerebral oedema may develop. It is treated with rest, analgesics, and when necessary, supplementary oxygen, diuretics and a return to lower altitudes.



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Additional symptoms that may indicate altitude illness include vertigo, "feeling hung over," thirst, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), nightmares and change in vision with retinal hemorrhage, slowing of speech, excess flatulence, swelling of the hands and feet, and transient global amnesia.
These may help prevent altitude illness but they do have some side effects.
 
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