mountain sickness
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In his defence, US Navy doctors said he had been suffering from acute mountain sickness at the time of the accident.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2024
The judge said it was hard to believe that Lieutenant Alkonis had suddenly fallen unconscious because of mountain sickness, in part because he had driven to a lower elevation before the accident.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2023
He later testified to feeling sudden mountain sickness — a finding supported by a neurologist’s June 2021 diagnosis — but the judge said such a sensation should have abated as Alkonis drove down the mountain.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2022
The symptoms of acute mountain sickness include headache, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, and flulike malaise, and they can all occur without any physical exertion.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2018
We returned to our camp, a few hundred feet lower than the pass, where we had left our baggage and many of our men who were laid up with mountain sickness.
From An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage
