Altitude sickness

Introduction: Altitude sickness

Description of Altitude sickness

Altitude sickness (medical condition): A condition that occurs when an un-acclimatized person climbs to high altitudes. See also D'Acosta:
  »Introduction: D'Acosta
  »Symptoms of D'Acosta

Altitude sickness: Symptoms caused by rapid ascent to a higher altitude as a result of a reduction in available oxygen. May occur in mountain climbers or those traveling in unpressurized planes. Symptoms may include dizziness, nausea, weakness, fatigue, insomnia, headache, irritability, breathlessness and euphoria. The elderly or those suffering from pulmonary or cardiac disorders may suffer pulmonary edema, cardiac arrest or prostration. Also called acute mountain sickness.

Altitude sickness: a syndrome caused by low inspired oxygen pressure (as at high altitude) and characterized by nausea, headache, dyspnea, malaise, and insomnia; in severe instances, pulmonary edema and adult respiratory distress syndrome can occur; SYN: Acosta disease, mountain sickness, puna, soroche. SYN: aerial sickness, altitude disease.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Altitude sickness: A morbid condition of ANOXIA caused by the reduced available oxygen at high altitudes.
Source: MeSH 2007

Altitude sickness as a Disease

Altitude sickness: Another name for D'Acosta (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: D'Acosta
  »Symptoms of D'Acosta

Symptoms of Altitude sickness (D'Acosta)

Some of the symptoms of Altitude sickness incude:

• Pulsatile headache
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Anorexia
• Insomnia

See full list of 13 symptoms of Altitude sickness (D'Acosta)

Terms associated with Altitude sickness:

Terms Similar to Altitude sickness:

• Mountain Sickness

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Altitude sickness

• Anoxia

Source - MeSH 2007

The following terms can be used for Altitude sickness

• altitude
• dysbarism

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Altitude sickness

The following list attempts to classify Altitude sickness into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
  • Signs and Symptoms
    • Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory
      • Anoxia
        • Altitude Sickness

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