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Acute Mountain Sickness
Alternate Names : Altitude Anoxia, Altitude Sickness, High Altitude Cerebral Edema, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, Mountain Sickness
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Calling Your Health Care Provider
Call your health care provider if symptoms of acute mountain sickness develop, even if symptoms resolved when returning to a lower altitude.
Call the local emergency number (such as 9-1-1) or seek emergency medical assistance if severe difficulty breathing develops, if consciousness is decreased, if coughing up blood, or if other severe symptoms are present. If unable to contact emergency help, descend immediately, as rapidly as is safely possible.
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• Definition
• Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Symptoms & Signs
• Prevention
• Diagnosis & Tests
• Treatment
• Prognosis
• Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
• Pictures & Images
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Pulmonary Edema
Tests & Exams
• Chest X-Ray
• Pulse
Other Topics
• Appetite - Decreased
• Auscultation
• Breathing Difficulty
• Confusion
• Consciousness - Decreased
• Cough
• Coughing Up Blood
• Dizziness
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Pulse - Bounding
• Respiratory
• Sleeping Difficulty
• Swelling
Review Date : 2/18/2002
Reviewed By : Todd Severson, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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