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Altitude sickness??

  • 24-04-2009 12:11am
    #1
    spudz21
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    This is an interesting one!Im just curious:)

    Im just back from a trip to Colorado in the USA, had a great time but for the first 2/3 days I was there I just felt so sick!!stayed in bed most of the time.......I'm thinking this could have been some sort of mild altitude sickness cos the state is about 5000 ft above sea level?!

    Thing is Im supposed to go back over during the summer and was just wondering does anyone have any cure or tips on how to adjust to the altitude so I dont end up wasting more days in bed when I get over there!!Has anyone ever experienced this themselves??

    Did a search online but only came up with stuff for mountain climbers etc?!Any help would be appreciated:P


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  • #2
    Dr Galen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,373 ✭✭✭Dr Galen


    i've never heard of anyone getting alt sickness from going to Colorado, i didn't think it as that high up.

    it could be likely though that you picked up some sort of a bug on the plane over? Thats pretty common with the close proximity to people, the crappy air etc. You wouldn't know really, and I'm guessing you didn't seek any medical attention over there?


  • #3
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Where in Colorado? I've had altitude sickness when skiing there ... Breckenridge resort is at 9,600 ft and there's a chairlift that goes up to 12,800 ft. Basically I went skiing the minute we arrived off the plane, and ended up in the medical centre on oxygen at the end of the day, and had to sleep with oxygen for 3 days after that. Never again! One main symptom is a splitting headache, so if you didn't get that maybe it was something else as MM suggested.

    So acclimatization is important in the first instance, and another important one is to keep yourself well hydrated. See this web page for some other hints ... http://www.squidoo.com/breckenridge-altitude-sickness.

    If you were staying in and around Denver though, I'd be surprised if it had affected you, it's not that high, although you never know. Denver is known as the mile high city .. which is just over 5,000 ft.

    One important thing about altitude sickness is that it has no relation to overall fitness levels. You can be a fit as fiddle and still suffer from it, and rather perversely, smokers tend to suffer from it the least, probably because their bodies are used to doing with less oxygen.


  • #4
    spudz21
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭spudz21


    Mystik Monkey wrote: »
    i've never heard of anyone getting alt sickness from going to Colorado, i didn't think it as that high up.

    it could be likely though that you picked up some sort of a bug on the plane over? Thats pretty common with the close proximity to people, the crappy air etc. You wouldn't know really, and I'm guessing you didn't seek any medical attention over there?
    Alun wrote: »
    Where in Colorado? I've had altitude sickness when skiing there ... Breckenridge resort is at 9,600 ft and there's a chairlift that goes up to 12,800 ft. Basically I went skiing the minute we arrived off the plane, and ended up in the medical centre on oxygen at the end of the day, and had to sleep with oxygen for 3 days after that. Never again! One main symptom is a splitting headache, so if you didn't get that maybe it was something else as MM suggested.

    So acclimatization is important in the first instance, and another important one is to keep yourself well hydrated. See this web page for some other hints ... http://www.squidoo.com/breckenridge-altitude-sickness.

    If you were staying in and around Denver though, I'd be surprised if it had affected you, it's not that high, although you never know. Denver is known as the mile high city .. which is just over 5,000 ft.

    One important thing about altitude sickness is that it has no relation to overall fitness levels. You can be a fit as fiddle and still suffer from it, and rather perversely, smokers tend to suffer from it the least, probably because their bodies are used to doing with less oxygen.


    Thanks for the replies, I could very well have picked something up on the plane over,its happened before:(....just assumed it might be altitude sickness from listening to the locals!They told me to drink lots of water! I was staying the first couple of days in town called kremmling and then was based in Boulder for rest of stay?!Looking up google, it says kremmling elevation is 7,313 ft...:eek:won't be that high up on the next trip so should be ok:D


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