October 3, 2008

Gupta: Everyone in our group got altitude sickness

Posted: 01:20 PM ET

While on assignment in the mountains of Peru, Dr. Sanjay Gupta experienced the dangers of altitude sickness firsthand. After ten minutes of pure oxygen treatments, he felt much better and returned to work reporting on a dangerous public health threat in a nearby village.

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Posted by: Dr. Sanjay Gupta - CNN Chief Medical Correspondent
Filed under: Dr. Gupta • Global Health • Health

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Starr A Miller

October 15th, 2008 21:38 ET

Living in Flagstaff AZ at an altitude of 7000 feet I experienced altitude sickness 3 years a go when I relocated here. Being a diabetic I felt awful. My sugars were all over the place, I was lightheaded and nauseated, it took me almost 2 months to stabilize.
I later learned that oxygen levels for people who live here are around 96% and that is why so many people here try to walk or bike more then taking the car.

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