These health-related causes and impacts of elevated hematocrit levels have been reported: 1  Fall in plasma levels. 2  Sleep apnea. 3  Dehydration. 4  In cases of dengue fever, a high hematocrit is a danger sign of an increased risk of dengue shock syndrome.
The Hmong traditionally farmed in the mountainous areas of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Most of the Hmong were subsistence farmers who grew only enough food to feed their families, because farming was difficult in the mountainous regions where most of them lived.
China continues to have the largest population of Hmong people at right around 2 million. Many Hmong today still embrace their culture. However I have noticed that most Hmong under the age of 30 speak in English first and Hmong second. Whereas the over 30 crowd tend to speak Hmong first and English second. Hmong History. Hmong people generally come from the hill and mountain area just south of China.