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Overview
The chance of getting altitude sickness increases the faster a person climbs to a high altitude. How severe the symptoms are also depends on this factor, as well as how hard the person pushes (exerts) himself or herself. People who normally live at or near sea level are more prone to altitude sickness. Individual susceptibility to high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is difficult to predict. The most reliable risk factor is previous susceptibility to HAPE, and there is likely to be a genetic basis to this condition, perhaps involving the gene for angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE).
Risk Factors
- There are no established risk factors for [disease name].
OR
- The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
- Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
Common Risk Factors
- Common risk factors in the development of altitude sickness include:[1][2][3]
- Home elevation
- Maximum altitude
- Rate of ascent
- Latitude
- Age
- Female sex
- Intensity of exercise
- lack of acclimatization
- Genetic make-up
- Pre-existing diseases
- Substances or conditions that interfere with acclimatization
- Previous history of high altitude sickness
- Sleeping altitude
- Current respiratory infection
References
- ↑ Hugentobler W, Binkert F, Haenel AF, Schaetti D (October 1987). "[Chorionic villi (placental) biopsy in the 2d and 3d trimester: new perspectives in prenatal diagnosis]". Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd (in German). 47 (10): 729–32. doi:10.1055/s-2008-1036034. PMID 3678789.
- ↑ Hackett PH, Roach RC (July 2001). "High-altitude illness". N. Engl. J. Med. 345 (2): 107–14. doi:10.1056/NEJM200107123450206. PMID 11450659.
- ↑ Bärtsch P, Swenson ER (June 2013). "Clinical practice: Acute high-altitude illnesses". N. Engl. J. Med. 368 (24): 2294–302. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp1214870. PMID 23758234.