Treatment and Prevention of High Altitude Illness and Mountain Sickness.
10.5124/jkma.2007.50.11.1005
- Author:
You Young KIM
1
;
Sang Min LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea. youyoung@plaza.snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
High-altitude illness;
Acute mountain sickness;
High-altitude cerebral edema;
High-altitude pulmonary edema
- MeSH:
Altitude Sickness*;
Altitude*;
Anorexia;
Brain Edema;
Dizziness;
Fatigue;
Headache;
Humans;
Nausea;
Public Health;
Pulmonary Edema;
Vomiting
- From:Journal of the Korean Medical Association
2007;50(11):1005-1015
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
High-altitude illness is used to describe various symptoms that can develop in unacclimatized persons on ascent to high altitude. Symptoms usually include headache, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, dizziness, and sleep disturbance. In fact, high-altitude illness comprises of acute mountain sickness (AMS) and its life-threatening complications, high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) and high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). Since there are many travelers who visit high-altitude locations these days, high-altitude illness has become a public health problem. Therefore, physicians need to be familiar with the condition and be able to advise those who are going to reach high altitude how to prevent or minimize the illness and treat patients who suffer from it.
