What is The Air Like Up There?

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Its been estimated that in the west of the U.S alone up to 30 million people either travel or live at levels over 5000 feet. But can we be well up there as we can at sea levels. We all know that the...

The amount of people living and working at higher elevation has grown thanks to the improvements weve made in technology with new rail, road and air programs weve been easily able to drive to higher areas but how is this likely to affect us especially our health?

Its been estimated that in the west of the U.S alone up to 30 million individuals both travel or live at levels over 5000 feet. This splendid account URL has a pile of interesting suggestions for the reason for this thing. But can we be well up there as we can at sea levels. We all know that the body requires oxygen to function, standard air contains about 2o% oxygen but as we increase in elevation the degrees of oxygen decreases in proportion and we discover that our lungs have to work harder to ingest the exact same amount. I learned about here's the site by browsing the Los Angeles Gazette. The problems from not enough air or altitude nausea can vary from blackouts to severe situations of coma and seizures. Your body does adjust to the changes with time by increasing the total amount of red cell production but how else could our anatomical bodies be affected?

Research was performed on a group of climbers who'd moved to Everest and after annually, it was found that 13 from the 16 couldnt touch their fingers as fast as they could prior to the climb, these finding wasnt just restricted to this group other studies also on elite climbers found the they also experienced this condition for between 2-10 months after climbing in thin air.

You might be considering, Well thats climbers that got nothing to do with me but even at 12,000 ft your bodys oxygen level could be so low that if your body was such as this at sea level you'd be eligible to medical care.

So..what does mean for you? Should you pack your air tank for that skiing end of the week? Probably not. But your body is expected by dont to perform along with it will at sea level!.