Going Higher: Oxygen, Man, and Mountains

By Charles S. Houston and David E. Harris

Book Overview

1998 Banff Mountain Exposition Award Winner Cutting-edge information on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat altitude illness and hypoxia in everyday life Interweaves fascinating research discoveries with dramatic first-person accounts Authored by a celebrated mountaineer and physician who pioneered research in the field From the time of his historic expedition to Nanda Devi in the high Himalaya, Charles Houston, M.D., was fascinated by the effects of altitude on the human body. Why do people get sick in the mountains? What are the symptoms of hypoxia -- lack of sufficient oxygen -- that also occurs in everyday life, sometimes chronically due to disease? How can we decrease the incidence of illness and death? This edition incorporates current research on the effects of altitude on humans, and Houston (now deceased) joined forces with an educator and a medical writer in a text made even more accessible for the average reader while retaining the depth of material of particular use to the medical community. This edition of this seminal text added chapters on vision and the eye at altitude, chronic and subacute altitude illness, and the limits to work at altitude (with implications for athletic training). It presents information on genetics and gender differences and more on flight and space travel, on understanding and treating sea-level hypoxic illnesses, and on who can (or should not) go to high altitude, and much more. With an expanded glossary of terms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898866316
• ISBN13: 9780898866315
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 8.9"

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A thorough guide as to the working of how your body absorbs O2 and gets rid of CO2. I didn't know that you are encouraged to breath because your body wants to get rid of the CO2, not the need for O2. A medical textbook on Hypoxia and high altitude breathing.