High blood pressure

Dear Patient: I must congratulate you for going to high altitude, even after having severe headache, several times. You are right that most of the people get symptoms at higher altitude. You may be one of the few people, who gets altitude sickness at lower height. So this is probably genetical in origin. You are advised not to go to high altitudes. It can prove fatal at times. There are very rare chances that your sickness is psychogenic in origin and may be related to some particular place only. So you are made for low altitude probably, and it is better to accept the fact as it is. There is no cure for genetical disorders at present.

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Dr. Ashok Deshmukh

Family Medicine Specialist

MBBS, FCGP