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MAL MONTAGNES [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
CONT

The constellation of symptoms that characterizes AMS is a frequent cause of morbidity and occasionally mortality and affects 25% of travelers sojourning to altitudes between 1900 and 3000 m (about 6,200-9,850 ft). Joseph de Acosta, a Jesuit priest, presented the first classical account of the physical symptoms associated with mountain sickness in 1604 during a climbing expedition to Peru.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
CONT

Le «mal aigu des montagnes» touche presque toutes les personnes allant en haute altitude. En dessous de 3000 m, il est très rare qu'une personne souffre de ce mal; en effet il n'apparaît le plus souvent qu'à partir de 3500 m. Le «mal aigu des montagnes» est dû à un défaut d'oxygénation du cerveau consécutif à une mauvaise acclimatation. L'incidence du mal aigu des montagnes (MAM) est variable mais augmente très rapidement avec l'altitude.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A type of high altitude [sickness] caused by exposure to altitude high enough to cause hypoxia, occurring as a result of decreased atmospheric pressure with consequent lowering of arterial oxygen content.

CONT

Mountain sickness is an illness that ranges from a mild headache and weariness to a life-threatening build-up of fluid in the lungs or brain at high altitudes. Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the mildest and most common form.

OBS

It occurs as acute, subacute, and chronic forms. The subacute and chronic forms can be cured by descent to a lower altitude. Called also mountain disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

Le mal des montagnes se manifeste quelques heures après l'arrivée en altitude. Les symptômes sont souvent limités à des maux de tête, des nausées, des vomissements, des bourdonnements d'oreilles, des palpitations, des vertiges et une lassitude. La nuit, des insomnies peuvent survenir.

OBS

soroche (sorroche) : Ce terme prête à confusion puisqu'il peut désigner aussi bien le mal des montagnes que le mal de l'altitude.

Key term(s)
  • mal de montagne

Spanish

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