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Ep 115 Altitude Sickness: Balloons though?

This Podcast Will Kill You

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The Cost of Acclimatization to the Andes

On the Tibetan plateau, we see slightly different adaptations. Studies find that the concentration of red blood cells are actually the same as someone who is living at sea level. And so this lower concentration ofred blood cells should be disadvantageous in terms of blood oxygen level, but actually advantageous in terms ofBlood viscosity. This likely lowers the potential for hypertension.

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