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High-Altitude Hypoxia Injury: Systemic Mechanisms and Intervention Strategies on Immune and Inflammatory Responses [PDF]
AntioxidantsHigh-altitude exposure poses significant health challenges to mountaineers, military personnel, travelers, and indigenous residents. Altitude-related illnesses encompass acute conditions such as acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude pulmonary ...
Jingman Zhang +8 more
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Altitude hypoxia and hypoxemia: pathogenesis and management [PDF]
Signal Transduction and Targeted TherapyAt high altitudes, which typically exceed 2500 m, approximately 80 million people reside permanently, with over a million visitors annually. The primary effect of high altitude is hypobaric hypoxia, which leads to decreased oxygen availability and a ...
Chunmei Cai +8 more
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High altitude retinopathy: An overview and new insights
Travel Medicine and Infectious DiseaseHigh altitude retinopathy (HAR) is a common ocular disorder that occurs on ascent to high altitude. There are many clinical symptoms, retinal vascular dilatation, retinal edema and hemorrhage are common.
Cong Han +2 more
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Altitude sickness: A neglected form of pulmonary edema [PDF]
Lung IndiaElcio Bakowski, Edson Marchiori
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The changes of electroencephalography in mountaineers on Mount Jade, Taiwan: An observational study
PLoS ONE, 2022 Background The diagnosis of acute mountain sickness, which lacks a reliable and objective diagnostic tool, still depends on the clinical symptoms and signs and remains a major threat and unpredictable disease affecting millions of mountaineers ...
Kuo-Song Chang +9 more
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Altitude sickness and altitude adaptation [PDF]
Acta Physiologica, 2017 For as long as humanity can recall, it has probably been a dream of mankind to conquer mountainous heights and the mysterious deep. Loss of innocence is a common theme across ancient religions. Ancient Hindu legend has an interesting variation on the story: When Brahma realized that man did not deserve divinity, he decided to take it from them and hide
P B, Persson, A, Bondke Persson
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The effects of acetazolamide on physiological variables among adolescents at high altitude [PDF]
Sport Sciences and Health Research, 2021 Background: High altitude environments can cause a range of physiological changes in the body, and adolescents may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of altitude sickness.
Govindasamy Balasekaran +3 more
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Metabolomics affirms traditional alcoholic beverage raksi as a remedy for high-altitude sickness
Journal of Ethnic Foods, 2021 Raksi , a fermented distilled alcoholic beverage, is an ethnic drink consumed in high altitude regions of Singalila Ridge of the Himalayas and in adjoining high altitude places in Nepal, northern and north eastern part of India and Tibetan plateau.
Soumya Majumder +4 more
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Contribution of Hypoxic Exercise Testing to Predict High-Altitude Pathology: A Systematic Review
Life, 2022 Altitude travelers are exposed to high-altitude pathologies, which can be potentially serious. Individual susceptibility varies widely and this makes it difficult to predict who will develop these complications.
Thomas Georges +5 more
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