How To Avoid Mountain Sickness When Climbing - Dr Gill

Preventing Mountain Sickness - Everest Basecamp - Dr Gill
When it comes to joining off into the mountains to fulfil your dreams, go, hiking, or bags and peaks, it's important to do everything possible to ensure that little things don't get in the way of your experience. One of the big things that affect people when they head to Everest Base camp or climb Kilimanjaro is altitude sickness or acute mountain sickness.
There is a medication, oxamide, or Diox, which can be used to reduce the possibility of getting mountain sickness. There are many other things that increase someone's risk of developing this condition, but few medications can be used to try and mitigate acute mountain sickness and also work as a treatment.
In this video, we look at the symptoms of acute mountain sickness - AMS, look at the risk factors behind people developing acute mountain sickness and highlight what you can do to prevent it, as well as what the treatments are
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00:00 - Introduction
00:20 - Diamox
01:00 - Who Should Consider Taking Diamox?
01:38 - Understanding the Side Effects of Diamox
02:07 - Diamox Side Effects: Personal Experience
02:42 - Risk Factors for Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS)
06:07 - Diagnostic Features of AMS
06:56 - When Are You Likely to Develop AMS?
07:42 - Recap and Closing Thoughts

[@hopel4822]

Our favorite doctor, just casually dropping an informative video from the Khumbu Valley. I'm just going to say what we're all thinking, he's so dreamy

[@DrJamesGill]

Causal?!? Clearly didn’t watch all the way through - I was chased off the mountainside by a raging, roaring bull!! 🤣

[@graceroden2424]

I love waiting for these videos because occasionally hes just in the most random places 😭

[@DrJamesGill]

I do try!

[@DrJamesGill]

Hi all

[@user-qz4qi4ft4b]

When I did the Annapurna Circuit by bike we went up from Jomson to the snow level above muktinath... I Had an SPO2 of 72%, so we descended and all was good 2 days later

[@DrJamesGill]

@user-qz4qi4ft4b that’s quite a drop! Lowest I had was 86%

[@starfishgurl1984]

As someone who enjoys hiking in general but not Everest level hiking I still found this very informative and had helpful information overall and I’ll definitely take it into consideration for some of my own hikes in the future, great video!

[@deadpool8340]

Doctor James and The Yak the crossover we didn't know we needed !!

[@DrJamesGill]

😂😂

[@ervinslens]

This was so helpful and professionally explained my friend, thx for this fantastic upload!

[@DrJamesGill]

Glad you enjoyed it! I’m always a bit uncertain about these ones which deviate from the typical clinical bits.

[@user-ft1zp4tq5c]

This was so helpful and professionally explained my friend, thx for this fantastic upload!

[@DrJamesGill]

@user-ft1zp4tq5c very please it was beneficial. Do you have any climbs planned?

[@kapitanleutnant1]

Scaling deadly mountains including the Nanga Parbat would require to be properly equipped too

[@Rambit]

Would very much like to watch a video explaining the compound EBC-46 (also called tigilanol tiglate) and the potential it holds for successful treatment of cancer and any available additional information on it.

[@sonofliberty1]

Hello Dr.
Are you planning/attempting a summit "expedition" or there just to provide medical support? (Apologies if I missed a previous video answering this question).

[@pedrobsmarques]

Wish I’d seen this before trekking Peru. Flying from Lima to Cusco was definitely a mistake.

[@DrJamesGill]

Hope nothing serious happened?

[@pedrobsmarques]

@@DrJamesGill confined to bed for 2 whole days. Tried everything to help climatize, from Coca tea to breathing exercises, from over the counter drugs to black market ones, from magnetic bracelets to ear plugs... the only thing that did the trick for me was plunging into cold water every hour, like a makeshift sensorial chamber. No lights, no sounds. Just very cold water.
And just like that, with the same speed it came, it went away. On my return to Lima, a quick check-up assured everything was fine. Scary as.
Thank you ever so much for another fantastic and insightful video.

[@DrJamesGill]

@pedrobsmarques wow that sounds like quite the story, glad it settled though!

[@tiborzkarate1]

​@@pedrobsmarques Too late but you can travel from Lima to Cusco by train or bus takes couple of days but all worth it.

[@Enoch-Root]

How much of the population of mountain climbers suffer from AMS? If you're thinking of climbing mountains where AMS is a possibility then you're likely fitter and possibly younger than the general population. Given that, a group of 11 people is really poor, have those people been chosen because they had previously suffered AMS?

[@minichaann]

Greay

[@janaepropeck7177]

Thankfully I don't experience AMS. Very informative so thank you for sharing!
Unrelated, there is one spelling error. There are three l's in fulfill.

[@DrJamesGill]

Thanks for that! Must have missed it doing the edit!

[@janaepropeck7177]

@@DrJamesGill happy to help!

[@geneball211]

11 people in the study
Some data anecdotal
Does hydration also help eliminate the excess acid in your urine?
On Kilimanjaro I drank 3-4 liters per day, no diamox, lots of urine, no problems: just my experience

[@DevRSVR]

That yak! 😂 the place looks cool though.

[@panayiotissavvas]

Hello everybody!

[@DrJamesGill]

👍

[@Gooner333333333]

The thumbnail gave me Fallout 4 vibes

[@DrJamesGill]

That my end of the world hat in the picture

[@JointSnipe]

Quick dream trip before the little one arrives Doctor? :)

[@Starow1]

Hiii !

[@DrJamesGill]

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[@abcdefg1232]

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