The English Wikipedia article "Altitude sickness", consulted for facts cited on Medicine Atlas entities.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altitude_sickness
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Wikipedia: Altitude sickness
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Altitude sickness, the mildest form being acute mountain sickness (AMS), is a harmful effect of high altitude, caused by rapid exposure to low amounts of oxygen at high elevation.
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