T. Norboo, H.N. Saiyed, P.T. Angchuk, P. Tsering, S.T. Angchuk, S.T. Phuntsog, M. Yahya, Steve Wood, N.G. Bruce, K.P. Ball
Ladakh Heart Foundation.
India
Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy
Biomed Pharmacother 2004; 58: 220-225
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2004.02.003
Abstract
Ladakh is a sparsely populated area of Indian Himalaya lying at 3-4500 m altitude mainly consisting of arid desert. This paper will discuss high altitude health problems in Ladakh under the following headings. 1. Acute altitude illness: acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and high altitude cerebral edema (HACE). 2. Effects of prolonged and permanent exposure to high altitude: (subacute and chronic mountain sickness). 3. Environmental dust and domestic fire pollution resulting in non-occupational pneumoconiosis and high prevalence of respiratory morbidity.
Category
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Review Articles Concerning Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease or Adult Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Fresh or Filed Publication: Filed (PHiled). Greater than 1-2 years since publication
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