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Medical condition
Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a disease in which the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells increases (polycythaemia) and
Chronic_mountain_sickness
Medical condition due to rapid exposure to low oxygen at high altitude
with associated confusion. Chronic mountain sickness may occur after long-term exposure to high altitude. Altitude sickness typically occurs only above
Altitude_sickness
Topics referred to by the same term
condition that is caused by acute exposure to low air pressure Chronic mountain sickness, a disease that can develop during extended time living at altitude
Mountain_sickness
than 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) above sea level normally induces chronic mountain sickness in humans, but many of the populations occupying permanent settlements
High-altitude adaptation in humans
High-altitude_adaptation_in_humans
Insufficient breathing
hypoventilation Obesity; see Obesity hypoventilation syndrome Chronic mountain sickness, a mechanism to conserve energy. Paralyzing venom, such as that
Hypoventilation
Altitudes above about 8,000 m (26,000 ft)
observation of extreme tolerance to hypoxia in patients with chronic mountain sickness and normal fetuses in-utero, both of which present pO2 levels
Death_zone
Environmental effects on physiology and mental health
(at elevations below 4000 metres), and less susceptibility to chronic mountain sickness (CMS). Andeans possess a similar suite of adaptations but exhibit
Effects of high altitude on humans
Effects_of_high_altitude_on_humans
Chemical element with atomic number 27 (Co)
Hurtado, A.; Johnson, R. J. (2002). "Excessive erythrocytosis, chronic mountain sickness, and serum cobalt levels". Lancet. 359 (9304): 407–8. doi:10
Cobalt
Peruvian physiologist
126: 233-243, 2001. Monge C., León-Velarde F., and A. Arregui. Chronic mountain sickness. In: High Altitude. An Exploration of Human Adaptation. Series:
Fabiola_León-Velarde
Inflammation due to damage of skin capillaries when blood perfuses into nearby tissue
Pneumothorax Decompression sickness Inner ear decompression sickness High altitude Altitude sickness Chronic mountain sickness Death zone High-altitude
Chilblains
Peruvian physician
to 1957. Monge discovered the clinical syndrome of chronic mountain sickness or altitude sickness. He was the first to describe its symptoms and pathogenesis
Carlos_Monge_Medrano
Class of pharmaceuticals
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors have also been shown to improve chronic mountain sickness. Hepatic cirrhosis Loss of bicarbonate may result in metabolic
Carbonic_anhydrase_inhibitor
Topics referred to by the same term
(CMS) Cryptographic Message Syntax, a cryptographic standard Chronic mountain sickness, or Monge's disease, a disease caused by high altitude Congenital
CMS
Protein found in humans
with erythrocytosis familial type 4, pulmonary hypertension, and chronic mountain sickness. There is also evidence that certain variants of this gene provide
EPAS1
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List of medical abbreviations: C
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Disorder caused by dissolved gases forming bubbles in tissues
Decompression sickness (DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases
Decompression_sickness
Organisms capable of living at high altitudes
pulmonary circulation at high altitudes: healthy highlanders and chronic mountain sickness". Circulation. 115 (9): 1132–1146. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA
Organisms_at_high_altitude
Bolivian physician (1926-2015)
proposed new concepts and understanding of what was known as Chronic mountain sickness. This pathology characterized by an increase of red blood cells
Gustavo_Zubieta-Castillo
Biological reaction to increased altitude
populations, as the Andeans have a much higher prevalence of Chronic Mountain Sickness (CMS), where the body develops a harmful reaction to low oxygen
Hypoxic_ventilatory_response
lymphocytic leukemia Chronic mountain sickness Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis Chronic myelogenous leukemia Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia Chronic necrotizing
List_of_diseases_(C)
Daoist method of internal breathing
breath-holding was practiced in temples on high mountains, it could result in chronic mountain sickness, with symptoms of "headache, dizziness, tinnitus
Taixi_(embryonic_breathing)
Chemical compound
among others, is a medication used to treat glaucoma, epilepsy, acute mountain sickness, periodic paralysis, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (raised
Acetazolamide
Washington School of Medicine in Seattle; psychologist Gail Rosenbaum; chronic mountain sickness and the portable hyperbaric bag, which is pumped to 2 PSI; the
List_of_Equinox_episodes
pharmaceutical treatments for acute mountain sickness, and to determine the efficacy of mechanical treatments for mountain sickness. Boehringer spirometers have
Boehringer_Laboratories
Species of plant
the upland species A. ferox is responsible for the incidence of altitude sickness in travellers normally inhabiting lowland areas who visit highland areas
Aconitum_ferox
Medical treatment at raised ambient pressure
(79% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and minor gases) and is used for acute mountain sickness. This is applied by placing the person in a portable hyperbaric air
Hyperbaric_medicine
Medical condition of lack of oxygen in the tissues
healthy people when they ascend to high altitude, where it causes altitude sickness leading to potentially fatal complications: high-altitude pulmonary edema
Hypoxia_(medicine)
Trypansoma brucei rhodesiense) which cause African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). Ticks and lice form another large group of invertebrate vectors. The
List of diseases spread by arthropods
List_of_diseases_spread_by_arthropods
Intestinal inflammation causing bloody diarrhea
common form of dysentery is bacillary dysentery, which is typically a mild sickness, causing symptoms normally consisting of mild abdominal pains and frequent
Dysentery
Fifth month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars
"Golden Week". Many workers have up to 10 days off. There is also 'May sickness', where new students or workers start to be tired of their new routine
May
Diving mode and decompression technique
decompression lasted five hours leaving Nohl with a mild case of decompression sickness that resolved with recompression. Albert R. Behnke proposed the idea of
Saturation_diving
high-altitude research is to understand altitude illnesses such as acute mountain sickness, and the rare but rapidly fatal conditions, high-altitude pulmonary
High-altitude_research
Species of shrub endemic to New Zealand
described it as "superior to Quinquina [quinine] in the treatment of chronic stomach sickness. It has been very useful to me in cases of anaemia of debility
Pseudowintera_colorata
Species of tree in the soapberry family
alkaloid saponins and glucosides. Although not dangerous to touch, they cause sickness when eaten; consumed by horses, they can cause tremors and lack of coordination
Aesculus_hippocastanum
Japanese doctor (1851–1909)
the relationship between sodium and potassium in the body. Health and sickness depend on food before anything else. The physical base of operation is
Sagen_Ishizuka
Japanese epidemic of cadmium poisoning
"Causes of death in patients with Itai-itai disease suffering from severe chronic cadmium poisoning: a nested case-control analysis of a follow-up study
Itai-itai_disease
Type of drug
apparent increase in mortality. Alosetron — used in the management of severe chronic diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) in females not responsive
Drug_of_last_resort
Genus of disease-spreading insects
(Glossina palpalis) and sleeping sickness. He published: A Naturalist on Lake Victoria, with an Account of Sleeping Sickness and the Tse-tse Fly; 1920. T
Tsetse_fly
1930-35 industrial disaster in West Virginia, U.S.
thus, was to divert water from the fast-flowing New River through Gauley Mountain to generate hydro-electric power generation at a plant in Alloy, West Virginia
Hawks_Nest_Tunnel_disaster
American new religious movement
"etheric surgery", which cost $88 per session, claiming that it could remove sickness and "negative energy" from the body. The group has been described as a
Love_Has_Won
Medical condition caused by receiving too little or too many nutrients
derived from the Ga language of coastal Ghana in West Africa. It means "the sickness the baby gets when the next baby is born," as it often occurs when the
Malnutrition
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
Beth Abraham Hospital's chronic-care facility in the Bronx, where he worked with a group of survivors of the 1920s sleeping sickness encephalitis lethargica
Oliver_Sacks
Horse disease that can be transmitted to humans
nasal discharge, followed by septicaemia and death within days. In the chronic form of glanders, nasal and subcutaneous nodules develop, eventually ulcerating;
Glanders
Drug that increases alertness
used to treat headaches. Caffeine may lessen the severity of acute mountain sickness if taken a few hours prior to attaining a high altitude. Ephedrine
Stimulant
taken to another spot 50 miles [80 km] away where 10 prisoners died of sickness. At this place, the Japanese again started selecting prisoners to eat.
List of incidents of cannibalism
List_of_incidents_of_cannibalism
Oxygen shortage of the brain
involve complex ethical choices and can strain family dynamics. Altitude sickness Choking game Hypothermia cap Space exposure Ulegyria Malhotra R, et al
Cerebral_hypoxia
Abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood
hemoglobin. This is particularly seen as a cause of cerebral hypoxia and mountain sickness in climbers of Mount Everest and other peaks of extreme altitude.
Hypoxemia
(soft chancre, ulcus molle) Chlamydial infection Chronic lymphangitis Chronic recurrent erysipelas Chronic undermining burrowing ulcers (Meleney gangrene)
List_of_skin_conditions
Buddhist monk and occultist (1872–1923)
coming to fruition, when his health broke down...". Bennett's constant sickness created a heavy lens of suffering towards life. He was disenchanted with
Charles_Henry_Allan_Bennett
Excess accumulation of fluid in the brain
concentration available. These hypoxia-related illnesses include acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude pulmonary edema, and high-altitude cerebral edema
Cerebral_edema
President of Rwanda since 2000
2010. World Health Organization (WHO) (II) (2008). "Sharing the burden of sickness: mutual health insurance in Rwanda". Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Paul_Kagame
accident about 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Las Vegas Boulevard South near Spring Mountain Road. Kaplan, Dina (18 August 2003). "Louisville Woman Killed in Freak
List of unusual deaths in the 21st century
List_of_unusual_deaths_in_the_21st_century
Type of water pipe
headache, nausea, lethargy, and fainting. This is sometimes called "hookah sickness". Hookah smoking can damage the cardiovascular system in several ways.
Hookah
is believed that they are better-poised to tackle their addictions or sicknesses. The relapse rate through these types of programs is lower than that of
Homelessness in the United States
Homelessness_in_the_United_States
Stegosaurus. With the help of Ellie, he finds the source of the animal's sickness and is able to treat it. Being the only medical doctor on the island, he
List of Jurassic Park (franchise) characters
List_of_Jurassic_Park_(franchise)_characters
those with high poverty, inadequate infrastructure, substandard schools, chronic unemployment, and poor healthcare systems. Empirical evidence suggests
Environmental racism in the United States
Environmental_racism_in_the_United_States
Venom-based poison associated with cultures of south China, particularly Nanyue
written with two wugs and 4 with one; many contexts are divinations about sickness. Marshall concludes, "The oracle-bone character of gu is used to refer
Gu_(poison)
series Till Death Us Do Part and the follow-on series Till Death... and In Sickness and in Health; and his American counterpart Archie Bunker in the 1970s
List_of_stock_characters
Ellison, Quinton (February 2, 2011). "Hate by any name is still hate". Smoky Mountain News. Archived from the original on March 6, 2025. Retrieved March 31,
List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication
List_of_deaths_from_drug_overdose_and_intoxication
Species of bacteria
When infection is persistent, the prolonged inflammation will become chronic gastritis. Initially, this will be non-atrophic gastritis, but the damage
Helicobacter_pylori
Circumstances, mechanisms, and factors of tobacco consumption on human health
other conditions, including basal-cell carcinoma, melanoma, acute mountain sickness, pemphigus, celiac disease, and ulcerative colitis, among others.
Health effects of smoking tobacco
Health_effects_of_smoking_tobacco
Spiritual practices, traditions and beliefs
wants to conjure a ghost across the water. Spirits who have died from sickness in bed can walk among the living any night other than Friday night, which
Hoodoo_(spirituality)
Swelling of the eye's optic disc due to high intracranial pressure
syndrome (FKS) Chiari malformation Tumors of the frontal lobe Acute mountain sickness and high-altitude cerebral edema Meningitis, leading to increased
Papilledema
Family of hoofed mammals
original on 15 August 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025. "Brainworm or Moose Sickness". Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 23 July 2025. "Brain
Deer
Infection by a pathogen of non-human origin
adverse health reactions in farm workers. Workers may develop acute and chronic lung disease, musculoskeletal injuries, and may catch infections that transmit
Zoonosis
Central nervous system stimulant
evidence is inconclusive. Caffeine may lessen the severity of acute mountain sickness if taken a few hours prior to attaining a high altitude. One meta
Caffeine
American actor (1921–2003)
poverty in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town in the Allegheny Mountains. Bronson's father, a miner, died when Bronson was young. Bronson himself
Charles_Bronson
insurance programmes including universal healthcare, compulsory education, sickness insurance, accident insurance, disability insurance, and a retirement pension
Economy_of_Germany
French polymath (1623–1662)
tried to reject the ministrations of his doctors, saying, "Don't pity me, sickness is the natural state of Christians, because in it we are, as we should
Blaise_Pascal
American actor (1900–1967)
when he claimed that the shooting location in the Colorado mountains gave him altitude sickness. The problems caused by the picture fractured Tracy's relationship
Spencer_Tracy
Heir of the English throne (1330–1376)
garrison soldiers and civilians in total. Edward returned to Cognac; his sickness increased, and he was forced to give up all hope of being able to direct
Edward_the_Black_Prince
Establishment that sells oxygen for on-site recreational use
generally relaxing the body. It has also been alleged to help with altitude sickness. However, no long-term, well-controlled scientific studies have confirmed
Oxygen_bar
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
character switches to philosophy, but "while reading Kirkegaard's 'The Sickness unto Death', he became sick and nearly died"; After writing an entire book
L._Ron_Hubbard
Subfamily of aquatic mammals
gases from entering tissues therefore reducing the risk of decompression sickness. The collapse of alveoli does not allow for any oxygen storage in the lungs
Sea_lion
Disorder resulting from low blood levels of vitamin B12
giving rise to malabsorption include surgical removal of the stomach, chronic inflammation of the pancreas, intestinal parasites, certain medications
Vitamin_B12_deficiency
Medical condition
frequency of crisis events. Sickle cell disease may lead to various acute and chronic complications, several of which have a high mortality rate. When sickle
Sickle_cell_disease
American abolitionist (1800–1859)
abolitionists should be so numerous in the territory as to breed disease and sickness, we will not be deterred from our purpose". Brown was outraged by both
John_Brown_(abolitionist)
Perception of being physically present in a non-physical world
approximate module. Simulation sickness, or simulator sickness, is a condition where a person exhibits symptoms similar to motion sickness caused by playing simulation
Immersion_(virtual_reality)
Medical condition
high adrenaline production, such as an intense physical fight. Altitude sickness, hypoxia in passenger aircraft Exposure to oxygen at a partial pressure
Tunnel_vision
Men attracted to other men
homosexuality was rarely directly mentioned, but it was often portrayed as a sickness, perversion, or crime. In 1967, CBC released a news segment on homosexuality;
Gay_men
Comparison of a wide range of radiation dosages
mRem equals 1/1,000 of a Rem and 1 rem equals 0.01 Sv. Light radiation sickness begins at about 50–100 Rad (0.5–1 Gray (Gy), 0.5–1 Sv, 50–100 Rem, 50,000–100
Orders of magnitude (radiation)
Orders_of_magnitude_(radiation)
Nuclear reprocessing plant in Russia
resulting in three deaths and one case of blindness caused by radiation sickness. 12 May 1960 – Criticality accident. Five people were contaminated. 26
Mayak
Tropane alkaloid and stimulant drug
been used as an anorectic and to combat the effects of cold and altitude sickness, although its actual effectiveness has never been systematically studied
Cocaine
British singer-songwriter (born 1985)
after extensive touring in which time Roberts complained of weakness and sickness which made it difficult to perform live concerts. Whilst she performed
Nicola_Roberts
their current status. Some on the list are vaccine-preventable diseases. Chronic diseases and cancers linked to infectious microbes List of oncogenic bacteria
List_of_infectious_diseases
Corticosteroid medication
rheumatic problems, a number of skin diseases, severe allergies, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), croup, brain swelling, eye pain following
Dexamethasone
Tilford, Gregory L. (1997): Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West. Mountain Press Pub., Missoula, Montana. ISBN 0-87842-359-1 Rama Bhat, P.; Savitri
List_of_poisonous_plants
Transition in human history from hunter-gatherer to settled peoples
practices and the domestication of animals may explain the rise in deaths and sickness following the Neolithic Revolution, as diseases jumped from the animal
Neolithic_Revolution
Plants used to treat Animal & Human Illnesses
Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-11-05. "Milk Sickness". National Park Service. Archived from the original on February 11, 2008
List of plants used in herbalism
List_of_plants_used_in_herbalism
1948–1960 British colonial war in Malaya
"chronically undernourished Malayan" might not be able to survive as a result. "This measure is bound to result in an increase, not only of sickness but
Malayan_Emergency
American author and engineer (1907–1988)
Heinlein's death. In 1965, after various chronic health problems of Virginia's were traced back to altitude sickness, they moved to Santa Cruz, California
Robert_A._Heinlein
Tenth conflict of the Russo-Turkish wars (1853–1856)
Prut in 1853 survived. By far, nearly all of the deaths would result from sickness, rather than action, since the Russian Army still suffered from medical
Crimean_War
Discussion of Darwin's long-term debilitating conditions
on the survey expedition. During the voyage, he suffered badly from sea-sickness during the eighteen months he was at sea, but he spent much of the three
Health_of_Charles_Darwin
Spiegel. Translated by Sultan, Christopher. But he did not die of radiation sickness, even though he spent four months in Chernobyl after the explosion there
List_of_suicides_(1900–1999)
Major war in Central Europe (1618–1648)
turn creating large numbers of refugees who were extremely susceptible to sickness and hunger. While flight saved lives in the short-term, in the long run
Thirty_Years'_War
German naturopath and alternative health educator
physician, Raphael Friedeberg, underwent a metamorphosis from adviser to sickness insurance funds and SPD member in the 1890s to anarchism and Lebensreform
Arnold_Ehret
October 2025. "Get down with a 25th anniversary reissue of Disturbed's 'The Sickness'". 98 KUPD. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025. Denis, Kyle; Unterberger
List of English signature songs
List_of_English_signature_songs
stress. These issues are expected to worsen in the future. African horse sickness (AHS) is a viral illness with a mortality close to 90% in horses, and 50%
Effects of climate change on livestock
Effects_of_climate_change_on_livestock
Political entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2002. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. "UN Condemns Serb 'Sickness'". BBC News. 8 May 2001. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007
Republika_Srpska
Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)
ill, weighing under 45 kg (99 lb), and his doctors were aware that his sickness was at a terminal stage. At the end of November Chopin returned to Paris
Frédéric_Chopin
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Boy/Male
Tamil
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Mountain
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a spring or well, from Old French fontane, Middle English fontayne ‘fountain’; in some cases the name may have arisen from French habitational names (Fontaine, Fonteyne, Lafontaine) of the same derivation.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Mountain
Boy/Male
Tamil
Mountain
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fountain.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps a variant spelling of Welsh Mostyn. Compare Mustian.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Mountain
Girl/Female
Muslim
Mountain
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bunting.
Girl/Female
Greek
Mother of Aesculapius.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Gracious.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Mountain
Boy/Male
Indian
Mountain
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Peace; God of Mountain; Himalaya; One who Holds Mountain; King of Mountains
Boy/Male
French
Mountain.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Mountain
Boy/Male
Tamil
Montesh | மோநà¯à®¤à¯‡à®·
Mountain
Montesh | மோநà¯à®¤à¯‡à®·
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Like Amountain; A Powerful Mountain
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Old French montagne ‘mountain’ (see Montagne).Irish : either of Norman origin, as 1, or an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Manntáin (see Manton 2).
Boy/Male
Hindu
Mountain
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a.
Chronic.
n.
A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains.
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, mustard; -- used specifically to designate a glucoside called myronic acid, found in mustard seed.
a.
Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions.
n.
See Mountain soap, under Mountain.
n.
A small mountain.
v. t.
To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol.
a.
Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
a.
Carotid; as, the carotic arteries.
n.
A conic section.
n.
A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
n.
The Chinese tree peony (Paeonia Mountan), a shrub with large flowers of various colors.
a.
Of or pertaining to the diaphragm; diaphragmatic; as, the phrenic nerve.
n.
An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide.
a.
Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
a.
Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state.
n.
A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc.
v. t.
To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register.