People who climb too fast or too high risk acute altitude sickness, which can lead to life-threatening hypoxic brain injury. By using in vivo electrochemistry, researchers demonstrated that ...

This not only happens when skiing or mountain climbing if you get to 2500 m too fast, but people who live in regions above 3000 m in South America or Asia, for example, can also be affected despite ...

People who climb too fast or too high risk acute altitude sickness, which can lead to life-threatening hypoxic brain injury. By using in vivo electrochemistry, researchers have demonstrated that ...

People who climb too fast or too high risk acute altitude sickness, which can lead to life-threatening hypoxic brain injury. By using in vivo electrochemistry, researchers demonstrated that ...

By using in vivo electrochemistry, researchers demonstrated that characteristic changes occur in the oxygen content of ...

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Background: Leisure, work, and sports activities that involve ascending to high altitudes (HA) are growing in popularity, yet they also pose the risk of developing acute mountain sickness (AMS).

If any of the signs of AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness) begin to occur — headache, nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath, or fatigue — descend immediately. AMS can become serious very quickly ...