Tag: elevation sickness
Grand Canyon Elevated Planter Study: Elevated Platelet Count, Elevated Heparin Count, and Elevated Liver Count
Next Big Futures article A group of scientists led by Dr. Marko Ryski from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, published a paper on January 28th in PLOS ONE about the findings of a study of people in their 70s in Colorado.The paper has received more than 10,000 views and has been widely shared.The team studied two […]
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When Elevation is Alive
Elevation sickness is a serious condition.The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which has reported a total of 3,812 cases, estimates that as many as 2.5 million Americans have been exposed to the disease.Elevation can cause symptoms including dizziness, blurred vision, muscle pain, coughing, fatigue, muscle weakness and numbness.Some people are able to recover, […]
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