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living at high altitude
A 54-year-old member asked:
Dr. Marybeth Lambe answered
44 years experience Travel Medicine
Certainly, Examples:: 1.Your bone marrow will makes more oxygen carrying red cells at altitude
2.The body produces more of a particular enzyme which increases release of o ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Marybeth Lambe answered
44 years experience Travel Medicine
Unknown: Studies are in progress. Some illnesses act differently making this tough to gauge. Asthma may be better due to less pollutants up high. Altitude make ... Read More
A 56-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bennett Werner answered
43 years experience Cardiology
Not the cause: It's unlikely that altitude is the cause. See this science-based article from the u of hawaii: http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/10453102.
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A 55-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Fisher answered
31 years experience Dermatology
High altitude: Living at higher altitudes is different than visiting. When you live there, your body has time to completely adjust. When you visit, you need to make ... Read More
A 54-year-old member asked:
Dr. Kevin Considine answered
29 years experience Family Medicine
Depends on Altitude: Your breathing rate depending on how much higher you go will initially be higher. As one acclimates and gets used to the new higher altitude the rate ... Read More
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Theresa Redling answered
33 years experience Geriatrics
Low O2: High altitudes can be tough for elders, especially those with lung disease as the available oygen is less. Slow aclimation to high altitudes is vital ... Read More
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Wyatt answered
25 years experience Family Medicine
Closeness: Age of starting college along with the close quarters of dormitories added to the point of being around all new strangers with their own illnesses/ vi ... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Kevin Considine answered
29 years experience Family Medicine
Not necessarily: Usually one's breathing and heart rate will be increased initially when moving to a higher altitude. But if one stays more than a few days it should s ... Read More
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A 55-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stephen Siegel answered
37 years experience Pulmonology
No: Pneumothorax is a risk with barotrauma occurring during rapid changes in pressure causing the lung to overexpand. For example if a scuba diver is at ... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Kenneth Cheng answered
30 years experience Family Medicine
Close living quarter: It is strongly recommended that all college students living in dorms or frat houses (not just freshman) to get the Meningococcal vaccine due to it bei ... Read More
A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Wm. Marcus Spurlock answered
39 years experience Preventive Medicine
Environmental Prob: High industry areas could have issues with higher pollution problems with the air and water. High electrical plants might also cause emf problems for ... Read More
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rodeen Rahbar answered
19 years experience Vascular Surgery
Yes: There is no evidence the disease would worsen by flying in airplanes.
A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. William Scott answered
38 years experience Pediatric Cardiology
No: Pacemakers are subject to electromagnetic interference, but are not affected by altitude.
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A 53-year-old member asked:
Dr. Justin ORourke answered
9 years experience Clinical Psychology
Depends on you...: Stress levels are dependent on an interaction between many factors, including level of job risk, level of perceived risk, stress tolerance, personal r ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Doug Hansen answered
21 years experience Family Medicine
Possibly.: Research has shown that those with a history of joint pain can experience fluctuations in their level of pain with even small shifts in barometric pre ... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Joseph Woods answered
27 years experience Pathology
It depends/little,,,: In this case, it's highly unlikely that anything could happen. You're young, and you live at a high altitude which explains the blood values, at leas ... Read More
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Andrew Freeman answered
17 years experience Cardiology
Both: At high altitudes, particularly when you first arrive there, it is normal for heart rate and breathing rate to increase. Usually, once acclimated, the ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Kalyn Diamond answered
13 years experience Clinical Psychology
No studies done, but: To my knowledge, there have been no studies done on the effects of antidepressants & altitude. High altitudes can cause symptoms. Some of the 1st sig ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Padmavati Garvey answered
29 years experience Obstetrics and Gynecology
Yes: Morning sickness is tough enough....Traveling to high altitudes can give you altitude sickness. You will survive but you may not feel so great.
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mario Matos-Cruz answered
38 years experience Thoracic Surgery
How high.: Pulmonary inssuficiency symptoms associated with pectus deformities depends on several factors. Complete pulm.Funct.Test, echocardiogram, cat scan tho ... Read More
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