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 ...

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

such as high-altitude pulmonary edema or high-altitude cerebral edema. These conditions are characterized by fluid accumulation within the tissues of the lungs and brain, respectively, and are the ...

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 ...

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 ...