11. Issues included acute mountain sickness , nutrition and water disinfection. 12. Here he studied the effects of " mountain sickness " that climbers experienced at higher altitudes. 13. But mountain sickness is not fatal, and it passes as people adjust to the high altitude. 14. He has been described as the first physician to describe mountain sickness in a medical journal. 15. HAPE is far less common than mountain sickness . 16. So named because many working at the camp suffered from nausea due to high elevation mountain sickness . 17. Mountain sickness also afflicts people who ascend quickly _ in about a day _ to high altitude.18. Having had mountain sickness before does not increase one's risk, but it does indicate that one is susceptible. 19. Arriving by helicopter for a longer period of stay is not recommended because of the risk of acute mountain sickness . 20. Altitude sickness, also called acute mountain sickness , affects all levels of skiers new to altitude, regardless of their fitness level.
