Acute mountain sickness can affect a person when he is climbing from a low altitude ascends to a higher altitude. It is very common sickness that mountaineers suffer while climbing on high altitude without proper acclimatization. More than one-fourth of people traveling above 3500 meters above sea level is affected with AMS. Even more, than half of the people, traveling … [Read more...] about Facts about Acute Mountain Sickness(AMS): Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis