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Asthma attacks
ASTHMA AND adventure travel may not be a good mix, say some researchers.
A team of researchers evaluated 203 patients with asthma before and after adventure trips, including 147 who went on a high-altitude trek.
Eighty-eight of the travellers reported asthma attacks; more than three-quarters of those who had attacks were high-altitude trekkers.
About half the travellers who suffered an attack said their asthma worsened during the trip, and 32 said they had the worst attack of their life on the trip.
Eleven classified the attack as life-threatening. Those who trekked and exerted themselves intensely were more likely to have had an attack.
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