Chronic Mountain Sickness, Haddad Et. Al, UC San Diego School of Medicine (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Chronic Mountain Sickness, Haddad Et. Al, UC San Diego School of Medicine

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Millions of people around the world live above 8,000 feet, including many people in the Andes Mountains of South America. The man shown here lives in the Ecuadorian Andes and suffers from chronic mountain sickness.

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