One drink is like two at high altitude, he said, and a hangover may mask the signs of mountain sickness.
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Caffeine may lessen the severity of acute mountain sickness if taken a few hours prior to attaining a high altitude.
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It avoids one danger of actually living at altitude : acute mountain sickness, and its headaches, parched throat, nausea and dizziness.
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In the mountains in Colorado, an estimated 15 percent to 40 percent of vacationers fall victim to mountain sickness each year.
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"The incidence of acute mountain sickness has nothing to do with fitness, " said Elstad, a University of Utah pulmonary specialist.
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Studies have shown that mountain sickness is caused by a lack of oxygen, or hypoxia, caused by the decreased atmospheric pressure.
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Mountain sickness may progress to HACE ( High Altitude Pulmonary Edema ), both of which can be fatal within 24 hours.
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Visitors should know the symptoms of high mountain sickness, which is first felt " at altitude, " meaning the 8, 000-foot threshold.
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Some mutations that increase its expression are associated with increased hypertension and stroke at low altitude, with symptoms similar to mountain sickness.
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And don't feel smug if you're Lord of the Stair Machine at the gym _ mountain sickness bears no relation to cardiovascular fitness.
