The only reliable treatment, and in many cases the only option available, is to descend. Attempts to treat or stabilize the patient in situ (at<unk>  are dangerous unless highly controlled and with good medical facilities. However, the following treatments have been used when the patient's location and circumstances permit: * Oxygen may be used for mild to moderate AMS below and is commonly provided by physicians at mountain resorts. Symptoms abate in 12 to 36 hours without the need to descend. * For more serious cases of AMS, or where rapid descent is impractical, a Gamow bag, a portable plastic hyperbaric chamber inflated with a foot pump, can be used to reduce the effective<unk>  by as much as . A Gamow bag is generally used only as an aid to evacuate severe AMS patients, not to treat them at<unk> . * Acetazolamide 250 mg twice daily dosing assists in AMS treatment by quickening<unk>  acclimatization. A study by the Denali Medical Research Project concluded: "In established cases of acute mountain<unk> , treatment with acetazolamide relieves symptoms, improves arterial oxygenation, and prevents further impairment of pulmonary gas exchange." * The folk remedy for<unk>  in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia is a tea made from the coca plant. See mate de coca. * Steroids can be used to treat the symptoms of pulmonary or cerebral edema, but do not treat the underlying AMS. * Two studies in 2012 showed that Ibuprofen 600 milligrams three times daily was effective at decreasing the severity and incidence of AMS; it was not clear if HAPE or HACE was affected. * Paracetamol (acetaminophen) has also shown to be as good as ibuprofen for<unk>  when tested on climbers ascending Everest.
Altitude sickness
Hangover
Sweating sickness
Dehydration
Motion sickness
Fatigue
Chronic mountain sickness
Carbon monoxide poisoning