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Why do people suffer from altitude sickness after reaching the high altitude regions ? How does their body acclimatized after a couple of days ?

When person moves to high altitude place, develops altitude sickness because in the low atmospheric pressure of high altitudes, the body does not get enough oxygen. The persons show few symptoms like nausea, fatigue and heart palpitations.


The body compensates low oxygen validity by:


• increasing RBC production


• decreasing binding capacity of haemoglobin


• increased breathing rate


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