Mountain and maritime climate therapy takes advantage of specific climatic conditions to
treat chronic allergic diseases. It was the aim of the study to investigate effects of a 5 day …

Background: Greater numbers of people are travelling to places at high altitude each year.
Altitude illness is common in places at high altitude and may be life-threatening. General …

Background High-altitude travel, for mountain climbing, trekking, or sightseeing, has become
very popular. Therefore, the awareness of its dangers has increased, and many prospective …

Large numbers of people travel to high altitudes, entering an environment of hypobaric
hypoxia. Exposure to low oxygen tension leads to a series of important physiologic …

Background To investigate the effect of asthma rehabilitation at high altitude (3100 m, HA)
compared to low altitude (760 m, LA). Methods For this randomized parallel-group trial …

High altitude can be a hostile environment and a paradigm of how environmental factors can
determine illness when human biological adaptability is exceeded. This paper aims to …

Given the high prevalence of asthma, it is likely that providers working in a pretravel setting
will be asked to provide guidance for asthma patients about how to manage their disease …

Abstract Grissom, Colin K., and Barbara E. Jones. Respiratory health benefits and risks of
living at moderate altitude. High Alt Med Biol 19: 109–115, 2018.—The respiratory system …

High Altitude Illness Page 1 Introduction The aims of this article are to outline the physiology of
high altitude, the treatment of altitude illness and to describe opportunities for further education …

The hypoxia that increases in altitude environment and results from conditions dissimilarity,
is the main cause of different forms of the altitude sickness. These range from benign form …