mountain sickness
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In his defence, US Navy doctors said he had been suffering from acute mountain sickness at the time of the accident.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2024
In his appeal, Alkonis said he lost consciousness before the crash after suffering from acute mountain sickness following a hiking trip to Mount Fuji.
From Washington Times • Jan. 11, 2023
He later testified to feeling sudden mountain sickness — a finding supported by a neurologist’s June 2021 diagnosis — but the judge said such a sensation should have abated as Alkonis drove down the mountain.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2022
The symptoms of acute mountain sickness include headache, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, and flulike malaise, and they can all occur without any physical exertion.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2018
Presently, a dreadful sense of weakness seized him, that mountain sickness which produces the same effects as sea-sickness.
From Tartarin On The Alps by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
