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Ep 115 Altitude Sickness: Balloons though?

This Podcast Will Kill You

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The Effects of AMS on the Brain

High altitude pulmonary edema or HAPE. This is different because it's our lungs and not our brain. The symptoms that we see are dyspnea, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath. And on x-rays, we see a lot of evidence of fluid throughout the lungs in this very patchy distribution usually. It could be that then these arteries become a little bit leaky because of this increased pressure.

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