Sometimes called “mountain sickness,” altitude sickness is a group of symptoms that can strike if you walk or climb to a higher elevation, or altitude, too quickly. The pressure of the air ...

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When you’re mountain climbing, hiking, driving, or doing any other activity at a high altitude, your body may not get enough oxygen. The lack of oxygen can cause altitude sickness. Altitude ...

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Extreme altitude sickness symptoms, also known as “acute mountain sickness” or AMS, can turn serious quickly. “One client came from Arkansas, and his hunt got cut short,” Arnold tells Outdoor Life .

Altitude sickness, or mountain sickness, as it’s sometimes called, is what happens when you go up in elevation too quickly causing your body to prioritize what needs the air most.

Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, is 29,000 feet above sea level and several of those deaths have been blamed on altitude sickness. Snapchatting climbers begin descent from Mt. Everest ...

Altitude sickness, or acute mountain sickness (often called AMS), is a frequent companion for travelers, even if they’re not heading to the Andes.

Every year millions of people go to the mountains for backpacking, skiing, mountain climbing and other activities and are surprised to find that they don't feel well. It's because the higher you ...

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