For thrill-seekers and adventurers, high-altitude destinations hold undeniable charm. But as majestic as these places are, they come with a unique challenge: the thin air that can make it hard to ...

AMS is considered to be a neurological problem caused by changes in the central nervous system. It is basically a mild form of High Altitude Cerebral Edema (see below). Severe AMS presents as an ...

Ignoring serious symptoms can lead to dangerous conditions like high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) or high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE), which require emergency medical attention. Traveling to ...

Further, dexamethasone is strongly recommended for the treatment of acute (short-term) altitude sickness with or without brain swelling (cerebral edema) symptoms ... per dose Treatment of brain ...

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Background: Optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) increases significantly at high altitudes ... increased cerebral blood flow and cerebral edema. According to the above hypothesis, our results imply that ...

In people not adapted to life at altitude, the sparse oxygen can impair fetal growth, causing issues that can last a lifetime ...

ARIA with edema or effusions (ARIA-E) occurred in 24.4% of donanemab-treated patients in the placebo-controlled trials and 19.8% of donanemab-treated patients in the open-label extension.