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Recent Examples of altitude sickness
Talk about some of the challenges of the race, including potentially altitude sickness.
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Morgan Korn, ABC News, 21 June 2025
Even dosing people with EPO directly with injections may not prevent altitude sickness or improve performance at high elevation, Subudhi says.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
More on altitude sickness, risks of climbing Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji was created from volcanic activity that started 100,000 years ago, per the Japan National Tourism Organization.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2024
On their ascent, one of the team members, a Nepali soldier named Narayan Singh, showed signs of altitude sickness.
—Ben Ayers and Tulsi Rauniyar, Outside Online, 7 May 2024
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Morgan Korn, ABC News, 21 June 2025
Even dosing people with EPO directly with injections may not prevent altitude sickness or improve performance at high elevation, Subudhi says.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
More on altitude sickness, risks of climbing Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji was created from volcanic activity that started 100,000 years ago, per the Japan National Tourism Organization.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2024
On their ascent, one of the team members, a Nepali soldier named Narayan Singh, showed signs of altitude sickness.
—Ben Ayers and Tulsi Rauniyar, Outside Online, 7 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altitude sickness
Noun
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Music helps people recover from motion sickness Motion sickness affects about a third of the population.—
Eva Amsen,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Essentially, soft and joyful music may reduce this effect by easing emotional tension, redirecting attention and calming physiological responses triggered by motion sickness.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Sep. 2025
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Use this after a night of one too many cocktails, or simply add to your in-flight water to prevent dehydration or mountain sickness.—
Krista Simmons,
Sunset Magazine,
4 July 2024
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These researchers would like to pave the way to therapies for chronic mountain sickness, but first need to better define what living and working at this altitude does to human bodies.—
STAT staff,
STAT,
24 Dec. 2019
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Unlike typical morning sickness, HG can cause prolonged vomiting, dehydration, weight loss and malnutrition.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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From severe morning sickness to complications that required hospitalization, the experience left me exhausted and anxious about the possibility of going through it again.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Altitude sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altitude%20sickness. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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