Monsoon shower in summer with heavy rains in July and August. For up to date conditions, check our weather link. They may decrease ventilation, intensify hypoxemia and make symptoms worse. Drink plenty of fluids. This allows you to get more oxygen.
Home oxygen is safe, cheap and easy to use.
It can be used at night when symptoms are worse and off and on during the day as symptoms dictate. If nothing else works, you can return to lower altitude. Going down to Denver will always relieve the symptoms of A.M.S. Acute mountain sickness is caused by a lack of oxygen when traveling to higher elevations. Mountain climbers, trekkers, skiers, and travelers to the Andes or Himalayas are at greatest risk. While individual tolerance varies, symptoms usually appear in several hours, with those in poor physical condition being most susceptible.