Altitude sickness causes mild anoxia.
Anoxia is the almost absolute lack of oxygen in the body's tissues or even in the blood . It is a concept derived from the Latin language that is related to the idea of hypoxia , which is the lack of oxygen in a body region or in the entire organism. It can appear in various areas or environments, such as living tissue, water or even weather conditions, for example.
In the case of human beings, and as medicine points out, there are different causes that cause anoxia. Histotoxic anoxia occurs when the tissues are unable to capture oxygen and fix it. Anoxic anoxia , on the other hand, develops due to problems in the lungs.
If we talk about anoxia due to stenosis , the disorder arises from a decrease in blood circulation, while anemic anoxia occurs when certain alterations in the level of hemoglobin make it impossible to fix oxygen in the necessary quantities.
Anoxia and nervous tissue
It is possible to affirm that the tissue most susceptible to anoxia is the nervous tissue. If a person goes just a few minutes without receiving oxygen, their brain cells can die ( cerebral anoxia ).
It occurs when there is a decrease in blood flow or insufficient hemoglobin and its consequences can be irreversible damage or damage that is difficult to recover (brain injury, epilepsy, learning problems or paralysis, among others). Its causes are usually accidents in swimming pools, poor combustion of heaters in a closed environment and other domestic accidents.
One of the most common anoxias is mild anoxia caused by altitude sickness . This discomfort affects mountaineers, skiers and tourists who climb a high mountain too quickly and people who travel to towns located several thousand meters above sea level. Symptoms of altitude sickness include dizziness, fatigue, headaches, feelings of vertigo and nausea.
Anoxia at the time of birth can cause various disorders to the baby.
Possible cause of mental disorders
One of the causes of neurosis is related to lack of oxygen during childbirth . There are cases of women who have received a fairly strong dose of analgesics during childbirth, which have caused complications in the survival of the fetus, preventing the free circulation of oxygen; In other cases it happens because the umbilical cord was cut prematurely and the newborn did not receive the oxygen it needed; Furthermore, when the baby is wrapped around the umbilical cord, it also suffers from a lack of oxygen.
In any of these situations, when the baby does not receive oxygen, its respiratory and circulatory systems become paralyzed, then the body tries to fight against death; But this reaction increases the risk of dying, because the fetus begins to agitate and consume too much oxygen, so its lack increases. This problem is known as fetal distress syndrome and can lead to death if specialists do not act quickly.
This traumatic experience is imprinted on the baby as a reaction that is called prototypical , which will later mark the tendency to act in other situations with a similar type of stress. In some cases, this type of experience remains buried for many years, undermining mental health and conditioning the way in which the person interacts with their environment.
Anoxia during birth can have several consequences, such as: allergies, asthma, epilepsy, and even depression, suicide attempts, panic attacks, phobias or psychosis.