What is altitude sickness? What its causes and symptoms? How does huma

1.	What is altitude sickness? What its causes and symptoms? How does human body try to overcome altitude sickness?
Answer» Breathlessness at high attitudes. Cause : Low atmospheric pressure at high altitudes due to which body does not get enough oxygen. Symptoms : Nausea, fatigue and heart palpitations. Body adapts by : (a) increasing red blood cell production (b) decreasing binding affinity of haemoglobin (c) by increasing breathing rate.

What is altitude sickness? What its causes and symptoms? How does human body try to overcome altitude sickness?

Answer»

Breathlessness at high attitudes.

Cause : Low atmospheric pressure at high altitudes due to which body does not get enough oxygen.

Symptoms : Nausea, fatigue and heart palpitations.

Body adapts by :

(a) increasing red blood cell production

(b) decreasing binding affinity of haemoglobin