Altitude sickness and its types (acute mountain sickness)

Written By طقس العرب on 2019/06/10

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

What is altitude sickness or acute mountain sickness? What are the types of altitude sickness? What is pulmonary edema? What is the definition of cerebral edema? What are the causes of shortness of breath at altitude? What are the causes of altitude sickness?

Definition of altitude sickness

Altitude sickness can be defined as a group of symptoms that can occur if you walk or climb to a higher altitude too quickly. It is also called "mountain disease" or "acute mountain sickness", and scientifically the term "acute mountain sickness" is applied to the simplest type of altitude sickness.

The air pressure around you is called atmospheric pressure . When you move during movement to higher altitudes, this pressure decreases and the amount of oxygen available in the ocean decreases, which causes shortness of breath at heights. Because the relationship between pressure and altitude is an inverse relationship, pressure decreases with increasing altitude.

If you live at a moderate altitude, you are used to air pressure. But if you travel to a place at a higher altitude than you're used to, your body will need time to adjust to the pressure change.

Any time you go to an altitude of more than 8,000 feet, you may experience symptoms of altitude sickness.

Types of altitude sickness

There are three types of altitude sickness:

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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