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It is difficult to stop bleeding from a cut in human body at high altitude. Why?

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At high altitude, the atmospheric pressure is low. There will be a greater pressure difference between blood pressure and atmospheric pressure. As a result to it , it is difficult to stop bleeding from a cut in the body at hight altitude.
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