hematopoiesis. (physiology). The process by which the cellular elements of the blood are formed.ematopoiesis. (physiology). The process by which the cellular elements of the blood are formed.
This is why Everest climbers typically make several trips up and down the mountain to increasingly high elevation camps to acclimate their bodies to high altitude conditions. Other risks to Everest climbers include frostbite and hypothermia from the extreme temperatures, thrombosis or embolisms caused by thickening of blood in response to high altitude, extreme sunburn, and broken bones from falls.
More serious forms of altitude sickness such as Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) and High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) can occasionally affect people who rush up to high altitude after living at sea level, but are very rare.f youâre traveling to high altitude resorts over 10,000 feet above sea level, the oxygen in your blood becomes âthinner,â dropping as low as 90 percent. To put this into perspective, climbers on Mt. Everest (at 29,000 feet above sea level) can experience oxygen saturation as low as 42 percent.