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High blood pressure and staying on mountains

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selkomit
selkomit

Hi, My mother has hbp andit is normal with the pills she takes.

We stay in Switzerland every year but I would like to have some medical information about it and if she is limited in the attitude of staying in the mountains.

(I'm talking about 1300-1500-1700 m)

Thank you!

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  • rocky31676
    rocky31676 selkomit

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    High altitude can only cause a little more hemoglobin production (erythropoeisis), so it should not affect BP level. With exercise there, it can actually be beneficial. 
  • derek76
    derek76 selkomit

    Posted

    When we were going on holiday to Switzerland my GP said when I asked him that altitude could put it up. We went up to Jungfrau by stages and each day it got higher. Coming down by train in one day I felt it getting quickly lowering.

    I had a similar situation in the Rockies. 

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