Mini review of high altitude health problems in Ladakh

✍ Scribed by 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

• Book ID: 116313421
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 335 KB
• Volume: 58
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0753-3322
• DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2004.02.003

✦ Synopsis

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.