{"id":1000729,"date":"2026-02-10T10:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev4.zaniniadv.it\/?p=1000729"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:27:22","slug":"mountain-sickness-what-it-is-how-to-prevent-it-and-how-to-treat-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev4.zaniniadv.it\/en\/blog\/gronell-experience\/mal-di-montagna-cos-e-come-prevenirlo-e-come-curarlo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain sickness: what it is, how to prevent it and how to treat it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness) is an illness that affects hikers and mountaineers who venture to high altitudes, caused by the body's inability to adapt to high altitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a more or less severe (depending on the case) form of hypoxia, i.e. lack of circulating oxygen in the blood, due to the rarefaction of the air and the decrease in atmospheric pressure as one ascends in altitude. The peculiarity is that it does not depend on age or physical fitness: it can affect anyone, from the elderly to the young, experienced mountaineer - certainly those unaccustomed to the mountains or living at low altitudes are more exposed, but it is not a particularly decisive factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mountain sickness can strike at any altitude. Although it is very rare below 2,500 metres above sea level, it becomes more common than one would think when one starts to reach 3,000 metres and above - especially when the change in altitude is very large and fast (e.g. ascending by ski lift, reaching a refuge by transport, taking a flight to high-altitude tourist sites).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have to be very careful about altitude sickness, and know what to do even at the first symptoms: underestimating the situation could lead to very serious risks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symptoms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mildest (and most common) symptoms of altitude sickness are very similar to those of a hangover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n