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Recent Examples of altitude sickness
During their 19-hour hike, Ryan said his son began showing signs of altitude sickness, according to NBC affiliate KSNV.
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Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 29 June 2025
Talk about some of the challenges of the race, including potentially altitude sickness.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 21 June 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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Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 29 June 2025
Talk about some of the challenges of the race, including potentially altitude sickness.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 21 June 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
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Customers can also book a dog-first car service, starting at $350, that chauffeur dogs mimicking the Bark Air experience with the dog’s preferences from music to motion sickness concerns.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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Besides motion sickness, some workers lose control under VR helmets, either losing hearing outside sounds coming from within the helmet or extending arms involuntarily.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
24 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 30 Sep. 2025.
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