Talk:Effects of high altitude on humans

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Not even wrong[edit]

This article completely IGNORES the KNOWN health effects of high altidtude on pregnancy!! Wow! This is the proverbial ELEPHANT in the room. What are the live birth statistics vs altitude for life-long residents? It's a documented fact that European (low altitude) women failed for decades to produce children at altitude - long after they were "acclimatized".216.96.79.162 (talk) 17:53, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Added two sentences. Feel free to add more. —hike395 (talk) 17:37, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bogotá[edit]

I'm going to Bogotá (Colombia) wich is at 2,640 m, can this lead me to suffer of problems related to high altitude? --89.139.67.57 (talk) 17:32, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The current long title ...[edit]

... of the accompanying article makes it unclear that earlier discussion of the topic took place at talk:altitude sickness.
--Jerzy•t 01:27, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Following the link inmy preceding contrib in this tk section will give you access to nearly a dozen comments about wording added before the accompanying article was renamed; they include a much smaller fraction of drivel, and several of them are much longer than any of the foregoing, and probably than all of the foregoing combined. If you came to this talk page to better understand how the article got where it is, you don' know jack yet.
--Jerzy•t 03:35, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I don't understand your comment. This article has been tilted "Effects of high altitude on humans" since it started in 2007. I looked for a discussion at Talk:Altitude sickness and didn't see any proposed re-titling. Can you clarify? —hike395 (talk) 07:34, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Removed a link on VO2[edit]

In this edit [1], I removed the following text and link from the "Athletic performance", because the linked article does not discuss athletic performance (except one passing comment), and hence the text and link violates WP:SYNTH. However it might be useful for other parts of the article, so I have added it below:

One way to gauge this reduction is by monitoring VO₂max, a measurement of the maximum capacity of an individual to utilize O₂ during strenuous exercise. For an unacclimated individual, VO₂max begins to decrease significantly at moderate elevation, starting at 1,600 metres and dropping 8 to 11 percent for every additional 1000 metres. ^[1]

Adpete (talk) 04:52, 22 September 2022 (UTC) Adpete (talk) 04:52, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Restored material with direct reference. — hike395 (talk) 01:57, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ San, Turhan; Polat, Senol; Cingi, Cemal; Eskiizmir, Gorkem; Oghan, Fatih; Cakir, Burak (17 April 2013). "Effects of High Altitude on Sleep and Respiratory System and Theirs Adaptations". The Scientific World Journal. 2013: 241569. doi:10.1155/2013/241569. ISSN 2356-6140. PMC 3654241. PMID 23690739.

The other major but less direct effect.[edit]

Temperature variation with altitude has not been mentioned, but it is an effect of high altitude on humans, and should be mentioned here, possibly as a summary section with a hatlink to a main article it such exists.

Pinging Hike395 as you seem to be keeping an eye on the article.· · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 08:37, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have also mentioned elevated sunburn risk. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 12:50, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

These are all correct, but probably the stubby sections should be combined into one titled something like "Other hazards". I'm not sure what to make of the military section, possibly it should be removed? — hike395 (talk) 14:51, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] San, Turhan; Polat, Senol; Cingi, Cemal; Eskiizmir, Gorkem; Oghan, Fatih; Cakir, Burak (17 April 2013). "Effects of High Altitude on Sleep and Respiratory System and Theirs Adaptations". The Scientific World Journal. 2013: 241569. doi:10.1155/2013/241569. ISSN 2356-6140. PMC 3654241. PMID 23690739.

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