AMS is considered to be a neurological problem caused by changes in the central nervous system. It is basically a mild form of High Altitude Cerebral Edema (see below). Severe AMS presents as an ...

This condition could be characterized with continued shortness of breath, and "frothy" cough, Corboy said. High altitude cerebral edema, or HACE, is a progression of the headache symptoms. It is ...

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Medically reviewed by Arno Kroner, DAOM Altitude sickness occurs when air pressure and oxygen levels are reduced at a higher ...

In situations of extreme danger, many report having perceived a figure that comforts and guides — is it our brain’s emergency ...

Denali (21,310 ft.), located in Alaska’s Denali National Park, the highest peak in North America and a member of the iconic Seven Summits recently attracted much unwanted attention. It appears ...

Not only can it make symptoms of acute mountain sickness worse, but being tipsy can mask a condition known as high-altitude cerebral edema, a swelling of the brain. Symptoms include having trouble ...

Cerebral edema may occur in both conditions. We therefore regard acute mountain sickness and high-altitude pulmonary edema as clinical variants of the same disorder. Symptoms occurring immediately ...

"We do this to prevent HAPE and HACE [pulmonary and cerebral edema], like any other ... the concept of doping is not applicable to high-altitude mountaineering. "It’s not an organized sport ...