
Ep 115 Altitude Sickness: Balloons though?
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The Effects of Acclimatization on Hemoglobin
In the time period between a cent to altitude and full acclimatization, we are at risk for illness. If this process doesn't go according to plan, it can take three major forms: acute mountain sickness, high altitude cerebral edema, and high altitude pulmonary sickness or HAPE. We see effects on both levels of this oxygen dissociation curve. The increase in blood pH that I mentioned from that respiratory alkalosis shifts this oxygen curve such that hemoglobin has a greater affinity for oxygen.
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