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(a) What is Mountain sickness? (b) What are its symptoms ?

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(a) When a person climbs a mountain at 12000-18000 ft height, some symptoms of physical sickness are seen due to lack of `O_(2)` in the body cells. This sickness at high altitude in mountain is called Mountain sickness.
(b) The symptoms are : (i) Headache (ii) Nausea, (iii) Dyspnoea, (iv) Asthma, (v) Pain in the chest, (vi) Tachycardia, (vii) Rapid pulse rate, (viii) Loss of appetite, (ix) Sleeplessness, (x) Senselessness, etc.
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