Edema

High Altitude Edema

search

High Altitude Edema

  • Definition
  1. Edema on ascending to altitudes over 2400 meters
  • Related Conditions
  1. Acute Mountain Sickness
  2. High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE)
  3. High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)
  • Epidemiology
  1. More common in women
  • Signs
  1. Facial and Leg Edema
  2. Provoked by high salt diet
  3. Resolves with diuresis on altitude descent